Basic questionnaire and methodological criteria for Surveys on Working Conditions, Employment, and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Published in: Cadernos de saúde pública 2016-10, Vol.32 (9), p.e00210715-e00210715
• Main Authors: Benavides, Fernando G, Merino-Salazar, Pamela, Cornelio, Cecilia, Assunção, Ada Avila, Agudelo-Suárez, Andrés A, Amable, Marcelo, Artazcoz, Lucía, Astete, Jonh, Barraza, Douglas, Berhó, Fabián, Milián, Lino Carmenate, Delclòs, George, Funcasta, Lorena, Gerke, Johanna, Gimeno, David, Itatí-Iñiguez, María José, Lima, Eduardo de Paula, Martínez-Iñigo, David, Medeiros, Adriane Mesquita de, Orta, Lida, Pinilla, Javier, Rodrigo, Fernando, Rojas, Marianela, Sabastizagal, Iselle, Vallebuona, Clelia, Vermeylen, Greet, Villalobos, Gloria H, Vives, Alejandra
• Format: Article
• Language: eng ; spa
• Subjects: Caribbean Region; Employment; Humans; Latin America; Surveys and Questionnaires
• ISSN: 1678-4464
• DOI: 10.1590/0102-311X00210715

This article aimed to present a basic questionnaire and minimum methodological criteria for consideration in future Surveys on Working Conditions, Employment, and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean. A virtual and face-to-face consensus process was conducted with participation by a group of international experts who used the surveys available up until 2013 as the point of departure for defining the proposal. The final questionnaire included 77 questions grouped in six dimensions: socio-demographic characteristics of workers and companies; employment conditions; working conditions; health status; resources and preventive activities; and family characteristics. The minimum methodological criteria feature the interviewee's home as the place for the interview and aspects related to the quality of the fieldwork. These results can help improve the comparability of future surveys in Latin America and the Caribbean, which would in turn help improve information on workers' heath in the region.