Aging of civil construction workers in the Federal District: demographic analysis (RAIS 2019)

Abstract

Studies carried out on the demographic changes that are taking place in the age profile of the population point to the need for industries to be prepared to deal with an aging workforce. Although this phenomenon is not yet considered by many institutions, demographic data indicate that older people are already present within these organizations. Based on this premise, this article presents the result of the quantitative survey Aging of Civil Construction Workers in the Federal District: Demographic Analysis [RAIS] (Brasil, 2019) carried out with data on workers, aged 50 or over, from the construction industry in the Federal District, extracted from the Annual Social Information Report (RAIS 2019). The methodology involved descriptive analysis of the selected variable categories ­– age, establishment size, gender, color/race, nationality, education, residence, work regime, contractual hours, remuneration, occupations, length of service, leave of absence and causes, admission and leaving the organization ­–, verification of variable dependencies (chi-square tests) and definition of a logistic regression model, which enabled the design of an information map on the workforce of interest, so that industries can take advantage of more effectively experience and productive potential of these workers.