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Sociodemographic Determinants of Occupational Risks of Exposure to COVID-19 in Canada.
Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie ( IF 2.619 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-13 , DOI: 10.1111/cars.12288
Xavier St-Denis 1
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The activities performed by Canadian workers in some occupations may increase the risk of exposure to infectious diseases such as COVID-19. This research note explores how occupational exposure risks vary by labor force characteristics using publicly available Canadian data in combination with a data set providing information on the level of physical proximity and frequency of exposure to infections or diseases faced by workers in different occupations. The results show important sociodemographic differences. First, women work in occupations associated with significantly higher average risks of exposure to COVID-19 than men. This is driven by their overrepresentation in high-risk broad occupational categories such as health occupations. Second, older workers (65 years or more), a group vulnerable to COVID-19, appear to work in occupations requiring performing activities characterized by a lower level of physical proximity than their younger colleagues, with minimal differences in the frequency of exposure to diseases or infections. Finally, workers in low-income occupations are employed in occupations that put them at greater risk of exposure to COVID-19 than other workers. This is especially the case for women, immigrants, and members of visible minority groups in low-income occupations. More broadly, this research note provides insights into the health-related dimension of the literature on occupational tasks and labor market stratification.

中文翻译:

加拿大暴露于 COVID-19 的职业风险的社会人口学决定因素。

加拿大工人在某些职业中所从事的活动可能会增加接触 COVID-19 等传染病的风险。本研究报告利用公开的加拿大数据以及提供有关不同职业工人面临的感染或疾病的物理接近程度和暴露频率信息的数据集,探讨了职业暴露风险如何随劳动力特征而变化。结果显示了重要的社会人口统计学差异。首先,女性从事的职业暴露于 COVID-19 的平均风险明显高于男性。这是由于他们在高风险的广泛职业类别(如健康职业)中所占比例过高。其次,老年工人(65 岁或以上),一个容易感染 COVID-19 的群体,与年轻同事相比,他们似乎从事的职业要求与他们的年轻同事相比,其身体接触程度较低,接触疾病或感染的频率差异很小。最后,低收入职业的工人所从事的职业使他们比其他工人面临更大的 COVID-19 风险。对于从事低收入职业的女性、移民和可见少数群体的成员来说尤其如此。更广泛地说,本研究报告提供了对职业任务和劳动力市场分层文献中与健康相关的维度的见解。从事低收入职业的工人所从事的职业使他们比其他工人更容易接触 COVID-19。对于从事低收入职业的女性、移民和可见少数群体的成员来说尤其如此。更广泛地说,本研究报告提供了对职业任务和劳动力市场分层文献中与健康相关的维度的见解。从事低收入职业的工人所从事的职业使他们比其他工人更容易接触 COVID-19。对于从事低收入职业的女性、移民和可见少数群体的成员来说尤其如此。更广泛地说,本研究报告提供了对职业任务和劳动力市场分层文献中与健康相关的维度的见解。
更新日期:2020-07-13
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