title: Perceptions of working and living conditions among industrial male and female workers in Perú.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To further investigate Peruvian blue collar workers' perceptions of their conditions of work and find out relationships between these conditions and overall worker well being.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey study conducted on-the-job via a self-administered questionnaire translated into Spanish. Main study variables included work satisfaction, self-reported health status, musculoskeletal pain, and mental distress symptoms. Working conditions and extra-organizational factors were included in this multilevel assessment using multiple regression analyses.
  
  
  METHODS
  Blue collar workers from the formal manufacturing sector in Lima, Perú.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 305 women and 761 men completed the questionnaires. Female and male perceptions of their work environment differed significantly in magnitude and occasionally in direction. Among women, the extra-organizational factors played a key role in perceived mental distress. For men, task and organizational aspects together with the extra-organizational factors were important correlates of life and work satisfaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The combination of higher strain due to work plus extra-organizational factors for women is an important finding in this study and is critical for developing ideas about interventions in IDCs. Inclusion of extra-organizational factors contributed to a better understanding of workers' job satisfaction and health.
authors: Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA. Maria Brunette@uml.edu
authors: Maria J
authors: MJ
authors: Brunette
authors: Michael J
authors: MJ
authors: Smith
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Punnett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain; D010465:Perception; D010568:Peru; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D055815:Young Adult