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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: Appl Econ Perspect Policy. 2021 Sep 21;44(4):2087–2114. doi: 10.1002/aepp.13194

TABLE A1.

Means of demographic and work-related characteristics, by pesticide exposure and pay basis

Piece rate Hourly
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Variables Overall Exposed Not exposed Overall Exposed Not exposed
Wage (2016 USD) 11.35 11.27 11.35 9.701 10.84 9.497
(0.170) (1.024) (0.173) (0.0250) (0.0800) (0.0251)
Female 0.208 0.189 0.209 0.271 0.0834 0.305
(0.0153) (0.0929) (0.0155) (0.00617) (0.00849) (0.00699)
Age (years) 34.23 33.71 34.24 36.14 37.80 35.84
(0.375) (1.799) (0.382) (0.174) (0.379) (0.193)
Any health condition 0.124 0.163 0.123 0.199 0.231 0.193
(0.00966) (0.0794) (0.00969) (0.00499) (0.0109) (0.00555)
Education (years) 6.432 6.477 6.430 8.078 8.841 7.942
(0.152) (0.534) (0.155) (0.0535) (0.110) (0.0597)
Farm experience (years) 11.01 14.42 10.92 12.05 16.14 11.32
(0.331) (2.012) (0.333) (0.136) (0.318) (0.147)
Tenure (years) 4.012 6.411 3.950 5.792 8.565 5.296
(0.130) (1.419) (0.128) (0.0787) (0.208) (0.0840)
Has spouse in the United States 0.395 0.479 0.392 0.471 0.561 0.455
(0.0168) (0.109) (0.0170) (0.00645) (0.0140) (0.00718)
Children (number) 0.832 1.172 0.823 0.894 1.060 0.865
(0.0472) (0.346) (0.0477) (0.0154) (0.0359) (0.0170)
Naturalized citizen 0.0140 0.0584 0.0128 0.0416 0.0541 0.0394
(0.00286) (0.0474) (0.00267) (0.00212) (0.00447) (0.00237)
Green Card or other author 0.238 0.250 0.238 0.213 0.229 0.210
(0.0136) (0.112) (0.0136) (0.00493) (0.0104) (0.00551)
Undocumented 0.706 0.658 0.707 0.485 0.325 0.513
(0.0145) (0.113) (0.0145) (0.00646) (0.0119) (0.00723)
Speaks English 0.133 0.0931 0.134 0.378 0.543 0.349
(0.0117) (0.0565) (0.0119) (0.00651) (0.0133) (0.00721)
From Mexico 0.908 0.956 0.906 0.680 0.568 0.700
(0.0108) (0.0332) (0.0110) (0.00641) (0.0143) (0.00706)
Field crops 0.0219 0.0102 0.0222 0.144 0.275 0.121
(0.00569) (0.00681) (0.00583) (0.00434) (0.0126) (0.00452)
Fruit crops 0.755 0.783 0.754 0.289 0.306 0.286
(0.0141) (0.0859) (0.0143) (0.00582) (0.0115) (0.00656)
Horticulture 0.00934 0.0107 0.00931 0.247 0.235 0.249
(0.00190) (0.00894) (0.00194) (0.00582) (0.0131) (0.00645)
Vegetables 0.211 0.194 0.212 0.273 0.125 0.300
(0.0133) (0.0852) (0.0135) (0.00581) (0.00917) (0.00660)
Misc. crop 0.00263 0.00274 0.00263 0.0465 0.0591 0.0442
(0.00108) (0.00282) (0.00111) (0.00227) (0.00565) (0.00247)
Pre-harvest 0.0300 0.0151 0.0303 0.283 0.232 0.292
(0.00391) (0.00953) (0.00400) (0.00627) (0.0108) (0.00709)
Harvest 0.745 0.646 0.747 0.161 0.0914 0.174
(0.0153) (0.100) (0.0155) (0.00429) (0.00724) (0.00489)
Post-harvest 0.0611 0 0.0627 0.185 0.0784 0.204
(0.00851) (0) (0.00872) (0.00537) (0.00803) (0.00612)
Semi-skill 0.156 0.329 0.151 0.249 0.460 0.211
(0.0136) (0.0995) (0.0137) (0.00515) (0.0139) (0.00524)
Supervisor or other task 0.00835 0.00956 0.00832 0.122 0.138 0.119
(0.00263) (0.00525) (0.00270) (0.00407) (0.00817) (0.00457)
California 0.485 0.466 0.486 0.345 0.269 0.358
(0.0168) (0.112) (0.0171) (0.00572) (0.0102) (0.00649)
East 0.0904 0.0295 0.0919 0.143 0.119 0.147
(0.0105) (0.0157) (0.0107) (0.00426) (0.00896) (0.00476)
Southeast 0.184 0.0506 0.187 0.107 0.166 0.0968
(0.0125) (0.0226) (0.0128) (0.00382) (0.0117) (0.00394)
Midwest 0.0436 0.0376 0.0437 0.182 0.165 0.185
(0.00547) (0.0191) (0.00558) (0.00646) (0.0123) (0.00728)
Southwest 0.0260 0.0310 0.0259 0.0807 0.127 0.0724
(0.00493) (0.0310) (0.00500) (0.00327) (0.00902) (0.00348)
Northwest 0.171 0.386 0.166 0.143 0.155 0.141
(0.0169) (0.106) (0.0171) (0.00432) (0.00932) (0.00481)
Observations 2725 67 2658 27,369 5500 21,869

Source: NAWS and author calculations, standard errors in parentheses.