Job insecurity and health profile of workers in Mexico

Abstract

Background: Since the 1980s, labor markets have been defined by labor precarity, which can have serious consequences for the health of workers, despite this the evidence for Mexico is limited.

Objective: To analyze the relationship between job insecurity and the health conditions of workers in Mexico in 2018.

Methods: The work had two stages, initially a Cluster Analysis (CA) to quantify job insecurity at three levels, then a multinomial logistic regression model to determine the relationship between these levels of job insecurity and the health conditions of the workers. The source of information used was the National Survey of Health and Nutrition 2018.

Results: Seventy-five percent of salaried workers have a high or medium level of precariousness, with depression (12.5%) and cardiovascular problems (2.1%). The level of precariousness was related to alcohol, tobacco, and depression

Conclusions: Workers with medium or high precariousness are more likely to consume alcohol and tobacco than those with low precariousness, with regard to There is a negative relationship to depressive symptoms that indicates a reduction in the probability that a worker with medium precariousness is less likely to have depressive symptoms than a worker with low precariousness.