Perfil sociodemográfico y laboral de los odontólogos en la ciudad de Medellín

ABSTRACT: As part of an investigation conducted by the same authors in 1999 on the odontologists work market in Medellin, this article analyses the characteristics of the demand of these professional based on a sample of 303 ondontologists working in this city. These professionals are characterized by being young adults with an average age of 40 years. 65% of them studied at the Universidad de Antioquia and 22% at the CES. 47% comes from paternal homes located in the two highest socioeconomic strata. Compared with these, the professional have achieved certain social mobility, while those formed outside the paternal sphere reach in 62% of the cases the two highest strata. Nearly 39% of the odontologists work in two or more institutions. However, this multiemployment does not derive in excesses of the Labor Day. In fact 77% work less than 45 hours a week, which corresponds with the high proportion of the underemployed professionals (45%). The average antiquity in the work ascends to 8.3 years, with statistically significant differences among those that work in the private sector (7.4years) and those that work in the public sector (10.9 years). Nevertheless, the current proportion of employment storm is not worthless (7.3%). The average wage of an odontologist in the city of Medellin ascends to $1’813.862 monthly, with statistically significant differences among those graduated ($1’695.689) and those postgraduated ($2’166.384). In the main employment, the average of revenues reaches $1’839.806 monthly, with statistically significant differences between those working in the public sector and those working in the private sector among those who work under permanent contract and those of temporary recruiting.

• Autores: Nieto López, Emmanuel; Montoya Giraldo, Gloria Marina; Cardona López, Elkin Mario; Bermúdez Cardona, Luis Fernando
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2000
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/5058
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10495/5058
• Palabra clave: Ley 100 de 1993; Odontólogos; Subempleo; Mercado laboral
• Rights: openAccess
• License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/co/