Table 2.
Prolonged and/or frequent absence (n = 21) | |
Africa | Coffee [36], Lagarde [19], Lurie [38, 82], Lydie [42], Munyewende [71], Ondimu [83], Zuma [84] |
The Americas | Hanf [85], Kissinger [76], Lippman [86], Parrado [31] |
Europe | El Bassel [87], Evans [88], Kramer [89], Stulhofer [90] |
South East Asia | Ford [91], Mercer [92], Poudel [57], Saggurti [25] |
Western Pacific | Li [93] |
Financial status (n = 11) | |
Africa | Chirwa [21], Munyewende [71] |
The Americas | Apostolopoulos [22], Bronfman [94], Organista [40] |
South East Asia | Mullany [16], Vaidya [95] |
Western Pacific | Li [45, 96], Song [97], Yang [26] |
Difficult working and housing conditions (n = 10) | |
Africa | Campbell [46], Macheke [28], Munyewende [71], Ondimu [83] |
The Americas | Apostolopoulos [22], Deren [58] |
Europe | Weine [47] |
Western Pacific | Hesketh [98], Li [45], Yang [26] |
Limited access to health care (n = 8) | |
Africa | Munyewende [71] |
The Americas | Apostolopoulos [22], Hanf [85], Sena [62] |
Western Pacific | Bandyopadhyay [48], Hesketh [98], Li [43], Song [97] |
Legal status (n = 4) | |
Africa | Munyewende [71] |
The Americas | Bronfman [94] |
Europe | Weine [47] |
Western Pacific | Li [45] |
Language barriers (n = 3) | |
The Americas | Denner [63], Organista [40, 49] |