Factores de riesgo psicosociales presentes en las asociaciones de recicladores primarios y secundarios de Cuenca-Ecuador

Abstract

Recycling is a job inside the no classic model job, it means, it has precarious and informal job characteristics, some examples of these characteristics are, insufficient income to the necessities coverage as income is less than the minimum salary, deficient or null social protection, without control in job conditions, between others. Recycling characteristics can negatively affect a worker's health. The objective of this research was to describe psychosocial risk factors which recyclers from Cuenca associations are exposed. The methodological process followed a quantitative focus with a no experimental design of descriptive scope. The study was done with 98 participants belonging to seven recycling associations from Cuenca, which ones were 23 males and 75 females. Information was collected with the SUSESO/ISTAS 21 short version questionnaire. Results showed that the dimensions of social support and leadership quality, compensations, and double presence were the ones that have a high-psychosocial risk level in participants which means that the working conditions of recyclers are not adequate and are increasing the risk of damage in workers’ health, the leadership style in the associations is deficient and the most of recyclers are worried about fulfill the household and work duties at the same time.