title: [Multidimensional measurement of precarious employment: social distribution and its association with health in Catalonia (Spain)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To show the prevalence of precarious employment in Catalonia (Spain) for the first time and its association with mental and self-rated health, measured with a multidimensional scale.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the II Catalan Working Conditions Survey (2010) with a subsample of employed workers with a contract. The prevalence of precarious employment using a multidimensional scale and its association with health was calculated using multivariate log-binomial regression stratified by gender.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of precarious employment in Catalonia was high (42.6%). We found higher precariousness in women, youth, immigrants, and manual and less educated workers. There was a positive gradient in the association between precarious employment and poor health.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Precarious employment is associated with poor health in the working population. Working conditions surveys should include questions on precarious employment and health indicators, which would allow monitoring and subsequent analyses of health inequalities.
authors.affiliation: Grup de Recerca en Desigualtats en Salut-Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (GREDS-EMCONET). Departament de Ciències Polítiques i Socials, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España; Johns Hopkins University Universitat Pompeu Fabra Public Policy Center, Barcelona, España; Transdisciplinary Research Group on Socioecological Transitions (GinTRANS), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Benach
authors.affiliation: Grup de Recerca en Desigualtats en Salut-Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (GREDS-EMCONET). Departament de Ciències Polítiques i Socials, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España; Johns Hopkins University Universitat Pompeu Fabra Public Policy Center, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: mireia.julia@upf.edu.
authors.forename: Mireia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Julià
authors.affiliation: Grup de Recerca en Desigualtats en Salut-Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (GREDS-EMCONET). Departament de Ciències Polítiques i Socials, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España; Johns Hopkins University Universitat Pompeu Fabra Public Policy Center, Barcelona, España; Transdisciplinary Research Group on Socioecological Transitions (GinTRANS), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Gemma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tarafa
authors.affiliation: Grup de Recerca en Moviments Socials (CEMS), Departament de Humanitats, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mir
authors.affiliation: Área de Investigación, Subdirección General de Seguridad y Salud Laboral, Departamento de Empresa y Ocupación, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Molinero
authors.affiliation: Grup de Recerca en Desigualtats en Salut-Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (GREDS-EMCONET). Departament de Ciències Polítiques i Socials, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España; Departamento de Salud Pública, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CEDEUS), Conicyt/Fondap/15110020, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vives
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D057172:Economic Recession; D004522:Educational Status; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D004651:Employment / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D064890:Social Determinants of Health; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Determinantes sociales de la salud; Empleo; Employment; Health; Mental health; Salud; Salud mental; Social determinants of health