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Precarious employment in Chile

Psychometric properties of the Chilean version of Employment Precariousness Scale in private sector workers

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ID5224006
AuthorsAntonio Vives (0000-0001-5851-0693, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain; Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable, Chile; Centro Avanzado de Enfermedades Cronicas, Chile), Alejandra Vives-Vergara, Francisca González (0000-0002-1211-4625, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Francisca González-López (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Orielle Solar (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Chile), Orielle Solar‐Hormazábal (0000-0003-2030-1524, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Ecuador), Pamela Bernales-Baksai (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Chile; University of Bath, United Kingdom), Pamela Bernales‐Baksai (0000-0002-8145-8253, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Ecuador), María José González (0000-0003-4570-248X, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Chile), Joan Benach (0000-0003-2285-742X, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
Year2017
Volume33
Issue3
Pagese00156215-e00156215
Publication date2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00156215
PMID28444027
OpenAlexW2607087281
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2017000305017
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited13

The purpose of this study is to perform a psychometric analysis (acceptability, reliability and factor structure) of the Chilean version of the new Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES). The data is drawn from a sample of 4,248 private salaried workers with a formal contract from the first Chilean Employment Conditions, Work, Health and Quality of Life (ENETS) survey, applied to a nationally representative sample of the Chilean workforce in 2010. Item and scale-level statistics were performed to assess scaling properties, acceptability and reliability. The six-dimensional factor structure was examined with confirmatory factor analysis. The scale exhibited high acceptability (roughly 80%) and reliability (Cronbach's alpha 0.83) and the factor structure was confirmed. One subscale (rights) demonstrated poorer metric properties without compromising the overall scale. The Chilean version of the Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES-Ch) demonstrated good metric properties, pointing to its suitability for use in epidemiologic and public health research

Business · Confirmatory factor analysis · Cronbach's alpha · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Metric (unit) · Psychometrics · Quality of life (healthcare) · Reliability (semiconductor) · Sample (material) · Scale (ratio) · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Workforce · Clinical Psychology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Marketing · Mathematics · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Workplace Health and Well-being · Gerontology

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Citation span2019 - 2026 (8)
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