Table 5.
Bivariate Associations of Personal Characteristics with Pesticide Behaviors among Migrant Farmworkers in Eastern North Carolina, 2007.
| Personal Characteristics | Worked in Field Where Pesticides Have Been Applied in the Past Week (re-entry) At Least One Day |
Wearing Short Sleeves or Sleeveless Shirts |
Re-wears Clothes Without Washing |
Washing Hands per Day Worked | Showering After Work | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 or less | >1 to 4 times |
More than 4 times |
0 to 30 minutes |
>30 to 60 minutes |
Did not Shower or waited more than 60 minutes |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18 to 24 years | 35 | 23.5 | 45 | 31.3 | 18 | 12.5 | 55 | 36.9 | 88 | 59.1 | 6 | 4.0 | 30 | 20.1 | 13 | 8.7 | 106 | 71.1 |
| 25 to 29 years | 26 | 15.3 | 31 | 19.0 | 10 | 6.1 | 50 | 29.4 | 113 | 66.5 | 7 | 4.1 | 43 | 25.3 | 20 | 11.8 | 107 | 62.9 |
| 30 to 39 years | 59 | 20.7 | 55 | 20.0 | 23 | 8.4 | 82 | 28.8 | 191 | 67.0 | 12 | 4.2 | 93 | 32.6 | 36 | 12.6 | 156 | 54.7 |
| 40 or more years | 45 | 19.7 | 29 | 13.1 | 9 | 4.1 | 70 | 30.6 | 148 | 64.6 | 11 | 4.8 | 65 | 28.4 | 31 | 13.5 | 133 | 58.1 |
| Educational attainment | ||||||||||||||||||
| 0 to 6 years | 87 | 20.5 | 68 | 16.7* | 35 | 8.6 | 139 | 32.8 | 266 | 62.7 | 19 | 4.5 | 127 | 30.0 | 48 | 11.3 | 249 | 58.7 |
| 7 or more years | 78 | 19.1 | 92 | 23.2 | 25 | 6.3 | 118 | 28.9 | 274 | 67.0 | 17 | 4.2 | 104 | 25.4 | 52 | 12.7 | 253 | 61.9 |
| Speaks English | ||||||||||||||||||
| No | 154 | 19.9 | 150 | 20.1 | 56 | 7.5 | 244 | 31.4 | 500 | 64.4 | 32 | 4.1 | 212 | 27.3 | 95 | 12.2 | 469 | 60.4 |
| Yes | 11 | 19.3 | 10 | 18.2 | 4 | 7.3 | 13 | 22.8 | 40 | 70.2 | 4 | 7.0 | 19 | 33.3 | 5 | 8.8 | 33 | 57.9 |
| Speaks Indigenous Language | ||||||||||||||||||
| No | 134 | 20.2 | 119 | 18.5 | 33 | 5.1* | 177 | 26.7 | 451 | 68.0 | 35 | 5.3* | 194 | 29.3 | 85 | 12.8 | 384 | 57.9 |
| Yes | 31 | 18.2 | 41 | 25.5 | 27 | 16.8 | 80 | 47.1 | 89 | 52.4 | 1 | 0.6 | 37 | 21.8 | 15 | 8.8 | 118 | 69.4 |
| H2A Status | ||||||||||||||||||
| Without H2A visa | 58 | 22.1 | 79 | 32.2** | 34 | 13.9** | 114 | 43.3 | 144 | 54.8 | 5 | 1.9** | 52 | 19.8 | 22 | 8.4 | 189 | 71.9* |
| With H2A visa | 107 | 18.8 | 81 | 14.5 | 26 | 4.7 | 143 | 25.1 | 396 | 69.5 | 31 | 5.4 | 179 | 31.4 | 78 | 13.7 | 313 | 54.9 |
| Years in US agriculture | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 year or less | 13 | 11.3* | 34 | 32.1* | 14 | 13.2 | 43 | 37.4 | 71 | 61.7 | 1 | 0.9 | 18 | 15.7 | 10 | 8.7 | 87 | 75.7** |
| 2 to 7 years | 86 | 22.7 | 84 | 22.6 | 32 | 8.6 | 114 | 30.1 | 250 | 66.0 | 15 | 4.0 | 96 | 25.3 | 38 | 10.0 | 245 | 64.6 |
| 8 or more years | 64 | 19.2 | 41 | 12.7 | 14 | 4.3 | 99 | 29.6 | 218 | 65.1 | 18 | 5.4 | 115 | 34.3 | 52 | 15.5 | 168 | 50.1 |
| Safety Concern of Boss | ||||||||||||||||||
| S/he does as much as possible to make my job safe. | 93 | 17.3* | 124 | 23.8* | 36 | 6.9 | 169 | 31.4 | 351 | 65.2 | 18 | 3.3 | 140 | 26.0 | 64 | 11.9 | 334 | 62.1 |
| S/he could do more to make my job safe. | 30 | 18.5 | 20 | 12.8 | 13 | 8.3 | 43 | 26.5 | 107 | 66.0 | 12 | 7.4 | 51 | 31.5 | 19 | 11.7 | 92 | 56.8 |
| S/he is only interested in doing the job fast and cheaply. | 41 | 32.0 | 15 | 12.3 | 9 | 7.4 | 44 | 34.1 | 79 | 61.2 | 6 | 4.7 | 40 | 31.0 | 17 | 13.2 | 72 | 55.8 |
| Job Control – Estimate (Std. Err.) | 0.12 (0.15) | 0.06 (0.15) | −0.17 (0.20) | 0.04 (0.12) | −0.05 (0.09) | |||||||||||||
| Safety Climate – Estimate (Std. Err.) | −0.02 (0.16) | −0.06 (0.19) | 0.03 (0.27) | −0.28 (0.17) | 0.11 (0.16) | |||||||||||||
Note: Sample size varies due to missing data.
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p<.05
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p<.01