Table 3 Migrant wellbeing characteristics
Category | Question | Responses | Percent of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|
Employment | Work outdoors or indoors? | Mostly outdoors | 29.7 |
Mostly indoors | 41.0 | ||
Equally outdoors/indoors | 29.4 | ||
Asked to work on your rest day? | No | 65.1 | |
Yes | 35.0 | ||
Work more than 10 h a day on average? | No | 82.6 | |
Yes | 17.4 | ||
Living conditions | Air conditioning in room? | No | 6.73 |
Yes | 93.3 | ||
Number of beds in room? | Less than 6 beds | 68.7 | |
6 or more beds | 31.3 | ||
Health and benefits | Have medical insurance? | No | 16.1 |
Yes | 83.9 | ||
Needed medical care but did not receive? | No | 72.9 | |
Yes | 27.1 | ||
Receive non-salary benefits? | No | 19.7 | |
Yes | 80.3 | ||
Salary | Receive salary on-time? | No (“sometimes” or “never”) | 9.0 |
Yes (“always” or “usually”) | 91.1 | ||
Pay money to work in Qatar? | No | 44.8 | |
Yes | 55.2 | ||
Remittance sent annually | Less than $3845 USD | 62.7 | |
More than $3845 | 37.3 | ||
Contracts and passports | Job same as described in contract? | No | 15.4 |
Yes | 84.6 | ||
Who holds passport? | Myself | 68.5 | |
Employer or recruitment agency | 31.5 | ||
Do you have a copy of your contract? | No | 44.6 | |
Total Respondents 4138 |