Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile.
Núcleo Científico Tecnológico en Biorecursos, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile.
Cad Saude Publica. 2021 Sep 15;37(8):e00164520. doi: 10.1590/0102-311X00164520. eCollection 2021.
The tendency to live alone is a relatively recent phenomenon in Ecuador, but it is expanding rapidly. This study aims to identify factors associated with financial distress/well-being according to living situation (living alone vs. living with a partner) in Ecuadorian health workers. This study examined the construct of financial distress/well-being in a sample of 800 Ecuadorian health workers using cross-sectional data. Living situation was compared using generalized linear model analyses including income, age, children living at home, self-perception of health, depression, anxiety and stress, perceived social support, positive mental health, and hedonistic and austere profiles. Regarding financial well-being, workers living alone ranked lower and workers living with a partner ranked higher. In workers living alone the main sources of financial distress/well-being were income, children living at home, perceived social support, positive mental health, and hedonistic attitude towards indebtedness. In workers living with a partner the main sources of financial distress/well-being were income, age, self-perception of health, depression, anxiety and stress, perceived social support, positive mental health, and austere attitude towards indebtedness. Based on our results, we discuss potential public policy interventions that can be used to improve workers' financial well-being.
独居倾向在厄瓜多尔是一种相对较新的现象，但它正在迅速扩张。本研究旨在根据厄瓜多尔卫生工作者的居住情况（独居与与伴侣居住），确定与财务困境/福祉相关的因素。本研究使用横断面数据，在 800 名厄瓜多尔卫生工作者的样本中，对财务困境/福祉的结构进行了检验。通过广义线性模型分析比较了居住情况，包括收入、年龄、在家居住的孩子、自我健康感知、抑郁、焦虑和压力、感知社会支持、积极心理健康、享乐主义和节俭主义倾向。在财务福祉方面，独居的工作者得分较低，而与伴侣居住的工作者得分较高。在独居的工作者中，财务困境/福祉的主要来源是收入、在家居住的孩子、感知社会支持、积极心理健康和对负债的享乐主义态度。在与伴侣居住的工作者中，财务困境/福祉的主要来源是收入、年龄、自我健康感知、抑郁、焦虑和压力、感知社会支持、积极心理健康和对负债的节俭主义态度。基于我们的结果，我们讨论了可以用来改善工人财务福祉的潜在公共政策干预措施。
