Table II:
Participant Personal and Work Characteristics in survey (n=202) and in-depth interview (n=30) samples, Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina.1
| Survey | In-depth interview | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Personal Characteristics | n | (%) | n | (%) |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 76 | (37.6) | 13 | (43.3) |
| Male | 126 | (62.4) | 17 | (56.7) |
| Age (in years) | ||||
| 10–13 | 45 | (22.3) | 9 | (30.0) |
| 14–15 | 62 | (30.7) | 11 | (36.7) |
| 16–17 | 95 | (47.0) | 10 | (33.3) |
| Mean (SD) | 14.9 | (1.8) | - | - |
| National origin | ||||
| United States | 164 | (81.2) | 15 | (50.0) |
| Mexico | 26 | (12.9) | 11 | (36.7) |
| Central American nation | 12 | (5.9) | 4 | (13.3) |
| Household parental presence | ||||
| Mother and father | 121 | (59.9) | - | - |
| Mother only | 56 | (27.7) | - | - |
| Father only | 7 | (3.5) | - | - |
| Neither father nor mother | 18 | (8.9) | - | - |
| Migrant worker | 36 | (17.8) | 14 | (46.7) |
| Work with at least one relative | 176 | (87.1) | - | - |
| Who received pay | - | - | ||
| Self | 155 | (76.7) | - | - |
| Parents | 47 | (23.3) | - | - |
| Pay2 | ||||
| Piece rate | 68 | (33.7) | - | - |
| Paid by hour | 139 | (68.8) | - | - |
| Hourly pay in dollars (for those paid by the hour n=137)3 | ||||
| Less than 7.25 | 5 | (3.6) | - | - |
| 7.25 – 8.99 | 85 | (62.0) | - | - |
| 9.00–9.99 | 42 | (30.7) | - | - |
| 10.00 or greater | 5 | (3.6) | - | - |
1
12 participants who completed the in-depth interview participated in the survey the following year.
2
Participants may be paid by piece or hour during same week
3
2 Missing values