Microentrepreneur, worker in Brazil and the challenges for health and quality of life

Veridiana de Vasconcelos Duarte; Ely Mitie Massuda; Regiane da Silva Macuch

doi:10.31686/ijier.vol10.iss2.3643

Authors

Veridiana de Vasconcelos Duarte Cesumar University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4307-3950
Ely Mitie Massuda UNICESUMAR https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7485-5066
Regiane da Silva Macuch UNICESUMAR https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2277-319X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol10.iss2.3643

Keywords:

workers, precariousness, health promotion

Abstract

In the current scenario of transformations in the most diverse work activities due to the development and application of technologies, the flexibilization of labor relations, the high level of unemployment and economic uncertainties, there is a simultaneous growth in the number of individual micro-entrepreneurs in Brazil. The individual microentrepreneur personifies the precariousness of work in which health and, as a result, quality of life are compromised. This study analyzed the evolution of the number of micro-entrepreneurs in Brazil from 2010 to 2019 and its correlation with unemployment in the country. The data survey was carried out through the Entrepreneur Portal database and the discussion was based on the literature on worker health. The survey result indicated more than nine million micro-entrepreneurs in 2019. Exposure to precarious working conditions and weakening labor relations are determining factors in the health of workers.

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Author Biographies

Veridiana de Vasconcelos Duarte, Cesumar University

Doctoral Student, Department of Health Promotion
Ely Mitie Massuda, UNICESUMAR

PhD in Health Promotion Postgraduate Program.Postgraduate Program in Knowledge Management
Regiane da Silva Macuch, UNICESUMAR

PhD in Educational Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal. PhD in Health Promotion Postgraduate Program. Postgraduate Program in Knowledge Management

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