The Experience of Working Families in Honduras
	Hurricane Mitch devastated Central America in October 1998. In Honduras, 14, 600 individuals died as a result of the hurricane, and an additional 2.1 million were affected in a manner requiring medical attention or immediate assistance with essentials such as food, water, or shelters. Of the 661,760 individuals whose housing had been affected by the hurricane, 265,760 had been forced to relocate to temporary housing, while 396,000 had continued to live in substandard, hazardous conditions. Working parents, teachers, doctors, and other caregiving professionals were interviewed in Honduras. Participants were interviewed in poor city neighborhoods, at public day-care centers and shelters in the capital, Tegucigalpa, and in the rural towns of Sabana Grande, Montegrande, Adurasta, San Lorenzo, Laure Abajo, Rosario, and El Chiflon. In addition to examining work and social conditions and their effect on family health, the interviews in Honduras explored the long-term impact on working families of a natural disaster. For more information, please see: Heymann SJ. Forgotten Families: Ending the Growing Crisis Confronting Children and Working Parents in the Global Economy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Heymann SJ, Fischer A, and Engelman M. Labor Conditions and the Health of Children, Elderly and Disabled Family Members. In: Heymann SJ, ed. Global Inequalities at Work: Work’s Impact on the Health of Individuals, Families, and Societies. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Back to In-Depth Interviews
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