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VELEZ ALVAREZ, Consuelo; PICO MERCHAN, María Eugenia  e  ESCOBAR POTES, María del Pilar. Social determinants of health and quality of life in informal workers: Manizales, Colombia. Salud de los Trabajadores [online]. 2015, vol.23, n.2, pp.95-103. ISSN 1315-0138.

The core elements studied in this investigation were the social determinants of health, understood as social features in which the life and work of people develop in addition to their quality of life, which gives ability to act in a specific context. A correlational descriptive study was conducted where the main social determinants of health and quality of life of the informal working population over 18 years of age in an intermediate size Colombian city were analyzed. The WHOQOL-BREF quality of life questionnaire and a general data and social determinants survey were administered. Information on the structural determinants and intermediaries, and quality of life assessed through the following dimensions: physical, psychological, interpersonal relationships and environment. Frequency distributions and bivariate analyzes were performed. Age was associated with physical health (p < 0.05); educational level with psychological level; security affiliation with the environment (p < 0.05), and health status with all dimensions (p = 0.00). Informal work is a protective factor for health in the context of the social determinants of health as it is considered an option to ensure a better quality of life. Participants rated their quality of life as "average" and "better than average". From the perspective of human development, among informal workers, work gives meaning to life, while enabling achievement of self-fulfillment and social recognition.

Palavras-chave : quality of life; work force; informal workers.

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