Sao Sebastiao Market Old Workers: Reflections on Old Age and Informal Work
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2018v21i3p55-76Keywords:
Old Age, Job, Informal Work.Abstract
This study aimed to understand the meanings of work and living conditions of old workers in São Sebastião Market, located in the city Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Data collection was conducted through literature and field research, with observation, registering in journal field and the application of semi-structured interview, with qualitative approach and hermeneutic dialectic method of analysis. The results showed that the importance of working for the respondents is related to maintaining their roles as family providers, the space for socialization provided by labor and ensured income that is enough to fulfill their needs and those of their relatives.