TY - JOUR T1 - Measuring precarious employment in times of crisis: the revised Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES) in Spain JO - Gaceta Sanitaria T2 - AU - Vives,Alejandra AU - González,Francisca AU - Moncada,Salvador AU - Llorens,Clara AU - Benach,Joan SN - 02139111 M3 - 10.1016/j.gaceta.2015.06.008 DO - 10.1016/j.gaceta.2015.06.008 UR - https://gacetasanitaria.org/es-measuring-precarious-employment-in-times-articulo-S0213911115001260 AB - ObjectiveThis study examines the psychometric properties of the revised Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES-2010) in a context of economic crisis and growing unemployment. MethodsData correspond to salaried workers with a contract (n=4,750) from the second Psychosocial Work Environment Survey (Spain, 2010). Analyses included acceptability, scale score distributions, Cronbach's alpha coefficient and exploratory factor analysis. ResultsResponse rates were 80% or above, scores were widely distributed with reductions in floor effects for temporariness among permanent workers and for vulnerability. Cronbach's alpha coefficients were 0.70 or above; exploratory factor analysis confirmed the theoretical allocation of 21 out of 22 items. ConclusionThe revised version of the EPRES demonstrated good metric properties and improved sensitivity to worker vulnerability and employment instability among permanent workers. Furthermore, it was sensitive to increased levels of precariousness in some dimensions despite decreases in others, demonstrating responsiveness to the context of the economic crisis affecting the Spanish labour market. ER -