Working conditions and health in Central America: a survey of 12 024 workers in six countries

National working conditions surveys in Latin America: comparison of methodological characteristics

“…Our study included the first WCS of Colombia, 15 Argentina, 17 Chile, 18 Central America, 19,20 and Uruguay. 21 The Guatemalan survey 16 was excluded due to missing methodological information and lack of access to the dataset.…”

“…13 Several studies have been conducted to improve survey quality. 6,14 19,20 and Uruguay in 2012. 21 Colombia implemented the second edition of their WCS survey in 2013.…”

Cuestionario básico y criterios metodológicos para las Encuestas sobre Condiciones de Trabajo, Empleo y Salud en América Latina y el Caribe

“…En la última década, teniendo en cuenta la experiencia europea 10 y, de manera particular, la española 11 , diversos países latinoamericanos han realizado sus propias encuestas: Colombia en 2007 12 y 2013 13 , Argentina en 2009 14 y 2013-2014 15 , Chile en 2009-2010 16 , Centroamérica (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica y Panamá) 17 en 2011 y Uruguay en 2012 18 .…”

Comment: working conditions and health in Central America: a survey of 12 024 workers in six countries. by Benavides FGet al.

“…The objective of the study is to describe the survey methodology and present initial general findings 1. A ‘representative sample’ was drawn from the last census data available, randomly selecting 167 census segments from all departments in the countries proportional to the respective populations in the departments or provinces.…”