Evaluation of the quality of life at work in coffee farmers in Cundinamarca, Colombia

In Colombia, half the population that belongs to the agricultural sector lives in conditions of poverty or extreme poverty. However, it is necessary to investigate other dimensions such as quality of life, which is related to well-being, living conditions and level of satisfaction of this population. Bearing in mind the diversity of products in the agricultural sector, the project is focused on coffee production, since Colombia is the third largest coffee producer in the world. The objective was to evaluate coffee producers' quality of life at work in the department of Cundinamarca. In order to assess the quality of life at work of coffee growers, an adaptation of the GOHISALO instrument was proposed. For the research, the 74 items of the instrument were adapted to 56 items, in 7 redefined dimensions. As for the validation, 109 surveys were carried out in the municipalities of Caqueza, Guayabetal and Quetame in Cundinamarca during 2019. The proposed instrument obtained high reliability with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.96 and a KMO of 0.81. In general terms, the perception of coffee growers' quality of life from Caqueza, Guayabetal and Quetame is good in most of the dimensions analyzed, except in the safety for work dimension. A difference also reliesin the gender variable regarding the perception of quality of life in women, which is located in all dimensions below the results of men.