Table 1.

Participant characteristics, North Carolina, 2021–2023

Characteristic	Survey participants, N = 69	Interview participants, N = 9
Age in years, median (interquartile range [IQR])	40 (29, 49)	30 (24, 40)
Gender, n (%)
Female	38 (55%)	5 (55%)
Male	31 (45%)	4 (44%)
Race/ethnicity, n (%)
Black	62 (90%)	8 (89%)
Hispanic/Latino	4 (5.8%)	1 (11%)
White	1 (1.4%)	0
Multiple	2 (2.9%)	0
Duration of employment in current job (years), median (IQR)	3 (1, 9)	2 (1, 4)
Occupation (within the animal slaughtering and processing industry; Standard Occupational Classification major group), n (%)
Production	54 (78%)	5 (55%)
Transportation and Material Moving	5 (7.2%)	2 (22%)
Cleaning and Maintenance	4 (5.8%)	0
Office and Administrative Support	3 (4.3%)	2 (22%)
Food Preparation and Serving	2 (2.9%)	0
Operation type, n (%)
Hog	35 (51%)	4 (44%)
Poultry	25 (36%)	5 (55%)
Multiple	3 (4.3%)	0
Date, range	April 2, 2021 to July 28, 2022	July 12, 2022 to April 12, 2023

Note: Information on length of employment was missing for 1 survey-only participant.