2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'BackgroundToday''s labor market has changed over time, shifting from
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mostly full-time, secured, and standard employment relationships to
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mostly entrepreneurial and precarious working arrangements. Thus,
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self-employment (SE) has been growing rapidly in recent decades due to
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globalization, automation, technological advances, and the recent rise
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of the `gig'' economy, among other factors. Accordingly, more than 60\%
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of workers worldwide are non-standard and precarious. This precarity
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profoundly impacts workers'' health and well-being, undermining the
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comprehensiveness of social security systems. This study aims to examine
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the experiences of self-employed (SE''d) workers on how they are
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protected with available social security systems following illness,
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injury, and income reduction or loss.MethodsDrawing on in-depth
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interviews with 24 solo SE''d people in Ontario (January - July 2021),
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thematic analysis was conducted based on participants'' narratives of
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experiences with available security systems following illness or injury.
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The dataset was analyzed using NVIVO qualitative software to elicit
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narratives and themes.FindingsThree major themes emerged through the
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narrative analysis: (i) policy-practice (mis)matching, (ii) compromise
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for a decent life, and (iii) equity in work and
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benefits.ConclusionsMeagre government-provided formal supports may
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adversely impact the health and wellbeing of self-employed workers. This
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study points to ways that statutory social protection programs should be
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decoupled from benefits provided by employers. Instead, government can
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introduce a comprehensive program that may compensate or protect
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low-income individuals irrespective of employment status.'
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affiliation: 'Khan, TH (Corresponding Author), Univ Waterloo, Sch Publ Hlth Sci, Waterloo,
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ON, Canada.
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Khan, TH (Corresponding Author), Jagannath Univ, Dept Sociol, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Khan, Tauhid Hossain; MacEachen, Ellen; Neiterman, Elena, Univ Waterloo, Sch Publ
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Hlth Sci, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
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Khan, Tauhid Hossain, Jagannath Univ, Dept Sociol, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Premji, Stephanie, McMaster Univ, Sch Labour Studies, Dept Hlth Aging \& Soc, Hamilton,
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ON, Canada.'
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article-number: '643'
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author: Khan, Tauhid Hossain and MacEachen, Ellen and Premji, Stephanie and Neiterman,
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Elena
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author-email: th3khan@uwaterloo.ca
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author_list:
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- family: Khan
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given: Tauhid Hossain
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- family: MacEachen
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given: Ellen
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- family: Premji
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given: Stephanie
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- family: Neiterman
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given: Elena
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15471-8
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eissn: 1471-2458
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files: []
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journal: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
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keywords: 'Self-employment; Health; Illness; Injury; Social security; Social
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support; Social protection; Covid-19; CERB'
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keywords-plus: 'HEALTH; ENTREPRENEURS; PROTECTION; PRECARIOUSNESS; INSURANCE; RESPONSES;
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BARRIERS; FUTURE'
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language: English
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month: APR 4
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '73'
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orcid-numbers: Khan, Tauhid/0000-0002-7502-7377
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papis_id: c2a43e9b25f55d9afd3f9f834a20af79
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ref: Khan2023selfemploymentillnes
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researcherid-numbers: Khan, Tauhid/AAI-3033-2021
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times-cited: '0'
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title: 'Self-employment, illness, and the social security system: a qualitative study
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of the experiences of solo self-employed workers in Ontario, Canada'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000963089700008
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usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
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usage-count-since-2013: '2'
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volume: '23'
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web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
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year: '2023'
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