Author:

• Jane Rabelo Almeida - Almeida, J.R. - Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais - Centro Universitário de Caratinga - <janerabeloal@yahoo.com.br>

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Abstract:

Workers that segregate recyclable garbage are exposed daily to unhealthy work conditions which can have a more intense negative effect with increasing age of the garbage picker. A population of garbage pickers from Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil answered a semi-structured questionnaire regarding the presence or absence of labor pain, pain intensity, living condition, access to health services, occurrence of accidents at works and degree of personal satisfaction. These variables were correlated with the age of the workers. It was observed that pain is not associated to age increase and that it doesn't affect the degree of personal satisfaction of the studied population. The education degree was negatively related with age. The youngest garbage pickers presented a lesser degree of life satisfaction. The age of the workers doesn't have any association with the occurrence of accidents at work and dwelling type.
Key words: labor, age, life quality, personal satisfaction, recyclable garbage.

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