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Md. Abdul Jabbar
Professor
Sociology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh

*Md. Tanvir Hossain
Assistant Professor
Sociology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh

Rezwana Zarin
Lecturer
Northern University of Bangladesh, Khulna, Bangladesh

This study attempted to explore the occupational health hazards and the healthcare-seeking behavior of female workers engaged in shrimp industries in two Upazilas of Satkhira district of Bangladesh. Administering a semi-structured interview schedule, data on socio-demographic, economic and health related issues were collected from 120 female workers, involved in four different levels of shrimp industries, by using stratified random sampling. Findings reveal that skin diseases were more common among the female workers. However, individual's susceptibility to diseases depends largely on her occupation, working hours and experience as well as the working conditions. Findings also indicated that person's healthcare-seeking behavior, the non-traditional healing methods in particular, was also determined by the individual's occupation and ability to access the medication.

 

  Shrimp industry, Female worker, Health hazards, Health care-seeking behavior
  Two Upazilas of Satkhira district, namely Kaliganj and Debhata
  
  
  Risk Management in Agriculture
  Health hazard, Women

Despite exposure to severe health and safety risks, the job turnover in the shrimp industry for women is very low. Because most of these industries are located deep in the coastal areas, where the opportunities for occupational change are almost impossible for women (Aasmoe et al., 2008). Under such circumstances, this study was designed to examine the occupational health hazards endured by female workers involved in shrimp industries and to analyze associations between occupational health hazards and some possible risk factors, including socio-economic as well as working conditions in the shrimp industries.

 

 

Study Area

The study was carried out in two Upazilas of Satkhira district, namely Kaliganj and Debhata, situated in the south-western part of Bangladesh. Adjacent to saline water of the Bay of Bengal, Satkhira has been recognized as the strategic zone for shrimp culture, primarily because of the availability of natural-produced post-larvae, low-lying agricultural land, and cheap as well as abundant labor, including women and children (Ahmed and Troell, 2010; Ahmed et al., 2010).

Participants

A number of specifications was made to identify the respondents, such as (i) women, irrespective of age, working in shrimp collecting, farming and processing; (ii) for at least three years; and (b) living in the selected areas of Satkhira district. Based on the aforementioned criteria, a census at work places was carried out to identify the exact number of women, working in fry collection, farming (Gher), depot and processing in shrimp industries. Later, out of 1659 women, a total of 120 women were interviewed through stratified random sampling, 60 each from two Upazilas.

To collect the data, a semi-structured interview schedule was developed based on the variables identified from the relevant secondary sources, such as journals, newspapers, reports and so on. The interview schedule focused on socio-demographic and economic status, working conditions, including working hours and payment, and health related issues such as prevalence and occurrence of diseases (Bang et al., 2005; Aasmoe et al., 2005). To ensure the consistency of the collected data by the interview schedule, a pre-test on 10 female workers was conducted, and it was finalized for the actual primary data collection (Ahmed et al., 2008b). Following survey research design, the interviews were carried out at the working sites of the female workers by the researchers. Each interview required over an hour to complete. Data from the selected areas were collected for a period of two months, started on June 2009 and ended at July 2009.

Data Analysis

Preliminary data were cross-checked with the original interview schedule to ensure the accuracy of the data. Thereafter, data were coded and entered into a database system using SPSS 16.0®. Descriptive statistics, in the form of frequency and percentage distribution, disclosed the socio-demographic, economic and health status of the female workers in shrimp industries. Inferential statistics, Pearson's Chi-square (x2) in particular, explained the differences in the occupational health hazards of the female workers (Bang et al., 2005; Aasmoe et al., 2008). Whenever the expected values in one or more cells were less than 5, the Fisher exact test was used. Such statistical tests examined the association between explanatory variables, such as, occupation, working. practice, working hour, working condition, overtime, and types of health hazards of female workers as outcome variables. Furthermore, year of schooling and income were used as predictors to explain their health seeking behavior.

  South Asian J. Agric. 2013-2015.6 (1 & 2): 23-31 ISSN 1991-0037
  
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Female workers in shrimp industries remained undervalued and neglected. Female workers are paid less thast their male counterparts are, despite long working hours and stretched work experience. Moreover, their prolonged exposure to unhealthy working conditions together with insufficient protective equipment also makes female workers susceptible to infectious and chronic diseases. These poor souls with limited financial capacity could not access to appropriate health-care services, therefore, tolerate life-long pain. Hence, it is recommended to the government to make it mandatory for the owners of factories and industries to provide health insurance for their workers, both men and women, whether permanent or temporary, in case there are accidents or health problems related to occupational hazards. Such actions may create a conducive working environment for both employers and employees of shrimp industries that eventually would increase the employment, production as well as foreign currency earnings of Bangladesh.

 

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