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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 A2.

Means of demographic and work-related characteristics, by pesticide exposure and legal status

Undocumented Documented
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Variables Overall Exposed Not exposed Overall Exposed Not exposed
Wage (2016 USD) 9.577 10.33 9.502 10.76 12.04 10.43
(0.0384) (0.115) (0.0403) (0.0489) (0.127) (0.0507)
Piece rate 0.134 0.0345 0.144 0.0542 0.00772 0.0663
(0.00532) (0.00824) (0.00579) (0.00297) (0.00333) (0.00366)
Hourly 0.834 0.928 0.825 0.860 0.831 0.868
(0.00570) (0.0115) (0.00618) (0.00519) (0.0105) (0.00593)
Female 0.243 0.0739 0.261 0.274 0.0817 0.323
(0.00763) (0.0116) (0.00825) (0.00806) (0.00969) (0.00957)
Age (years) 32.11 34.15 31.90 40.08 40.07 40.09
(0.166) (0.335) (0.179) (0.256) (0.487) (0.296)
Any health condition 0.118 0.148 0.115 0.270 0.283 0.267
(0.00501) (0.0139) (0.00533) (0.00715) (0.0135) (0.00830)
Education (years) 6.780 6.977 6.760 9.176 9.945 8.977
(0.0611) (0.126) (0.0660) (0.0674) (0.114) (0.0796)
Farm experience (years) 7.986 10.97 7.686 16.49 19.39 15.74
(0.102) (0.258) (0.108) (0.214) (0.417) (0.245)
Tenure (years) 3.876 5.991 3.663 7.734 10.33 7.061
(0.0567) (0.176) (0.0587) (0.127) (0.284) (0.140)
Has spouse in the United States 0.401 0.539 0.387 0.541 0.596 0.526
(0.00822) (0.0197) (0.00884) (0.00852) (0.0165) (0.00982)
Children (number) 0.856 1.182 0.823 0.939 1.004 0.922
(0.0191) (0.0626) (0.0199) (0.0211) (0.0378) (0.0246)
Speaks English 0.106 0.193 0.0972 0.620 0.736 0.590
(0.00528) (0.0161) (0.00557) (0.00771) (0.0121) (0.00917)
From Mexico 0.929 0.910 0.931 0.460 0.381 0.481
(0.00456) (0.0138) (0.00482) (0.00820) (0.0143) (0.00963)
Field crops 0.0740 0.128 0.0686 0.212 0.371 0.171
(0.00381) (0.0135) (0.00395) (0.00656) (0.0152) (0.00710)
Fruit crops 0.413 0.422 0.412 0.258 0.243 0.263
(0.00811) (0.0196) (0.00871) (0.00708) (0.0117) (0.00837)
Horticulture 0.184 0.250 0.177 0.247 0.204 0.259
(0.00621) (0.0175) (0.00659) (0.00788) (0.0151) (0.00912)
Vegetables 0.293 0.134 0.309 0.234 0.127 0.261
(0.00757) (0.0130) (0.00819) (0.00704) (0.0109) (0.00836)
Misc. crop 0.0360 0.0657 0.0330 0.0483 0.0552 0.0465
(0.00222) (0.00817) (0.00229) (0.00321) (0.00653) (0.00367)
Pre-harvest 0.264 0.260 0.265 0.239 0.206 0.247
(0.00819) (0.0173) (0.00885) (0.00732) (0.0117) (0.00868)
Harvest 0.282 0.113 0.299 0.171 0.104 0.188
(0.00673) (0.0123) (0.00732) (0.00624) (0.00930) (0.00745)
Post-harvest 0.153 0.0682 0.162 0.184 0.0759 0.212
(0.00636) (0.00913) (0.00692) (0.00696) (0.00937) (0.00833)
Semi-skill 0.207 0.424 0.185 0.276 0.475 0.225
(0.00573) (0.0197) (0.00583) (0.00721) (0.0160) (0.00760)
Supervisor or other task 0.0929 0.135 0.0887 0.130 0.139 0.127
(0.00457) (0.0136) (0.00484) (0.00541) (0.00914) (0.00640)
California 0.438 0.345 0.447 0.274 0.215 0.290
(0.00790) (0.0178) (0.00852) (0.00662) (0.0103) (0.00789)
East 0.129 0.0978 0.132 0.148 0.134 0.152
(0.00512) (0.0113) (0.00552) (0.00604) (0.0108) (0.00706)
Southeast 0.120 0.167 0.115 0.118 0.174 0.103
(0.00465) (0.0157) (0.00485) (0.00533) (0.0134) (0.00567)
Midwest 0.102 0.0455 0.108 0.229 0.221 0.232
(0.00761) (0.0104) (0.00827) (0.00825) (0.0150) (0.00963)
Southwest 0.0503 0.0982 0.0454 0.105 0.140 0.0956
(0.00331) (0.0116) (0.00344) (0.00468) (0.0105) (0.00521)
Northwest 0.161 0.246 0.152 0.125 0.117 0.128
(0.00598) (0.0178) (0.00632) (0.00546) (0.00930) (0.00644)
Observations 16,191 2163 14,028 16,050 4205 11,845

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