Sickness absence of migrant workers
Chia, K.S.
Singapore Medical Journal 29(4): 387-392
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675 PMID: 3249969 Document Number: 310743
Few papers had been published on the sickness absence of migrant workers. Among them none had been done in developing country. This paper described the sickness absence experience of 228 migrant workers in a furniture factory. On the average, the migrant workers had 2.3 spells and 4.3 days of sickness absence per worker. Race and sex differences seen among the migrant workers were higher than local workers. Migrant workers had higher absence due to work injuries and febrile upper respiratory tract infections. These differences are probably due to the personal and work adjustment encountered in working in a foreign land.