TABLE II.
Personal Characteristics of Farmworkers, Eastern North Carolina, 2007, 196 Participants with Four Data Points, and 283 Participants in the Total Sample.
| Personal Characteristics | 196 participants with four data points |
283 participants for the total sample |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Age | ||||
| 18 to 24 years | 27 | 13.8 | 60 | 21.2 |
| 25 to 29 years | 42 | 21.4 | 55 | 19.4 |
| 30 to 39 years | 66 | 33.7 | 91 | 32.2 |
| 40 or more years | 61 | 31.1 | 77 | 27.2 |
| Educational attainment | ||||
| 0 to 6 years | 97 | 49.5 | 146 | 51.6 |
| 7 or more years | 99 | 50.5 | 137 | 48.4 |
| Speaks English | 16 | 8.2 | 31 | 11.0 |
| Speaks indigenous language | 29 | 14.8 | 64 | 22.6 |
| Seasons in US agriculture* | ||||
| 1 year or less | 21 | 10.9 | 46 | 16.4 |
| 2 to 7 years | 87 | 45.1 | 129 | 46.1 |
| 8 or more years | 85 | 44.0 | 105 | 37.5 |
| Worker type/visa status | ||||
| Migrant without H2A visa | 35 | 17.9 | 105 | 37.1 |
| Migrant with H2A visa | 137 | 69.9 | 146 | 51.6 |
| Seasonal | 24 | 12.2 | 32 | 11.3 |
| Housing type | ||||
| House | 83 | 42.4 | 117 | 41.3 |
| Barracks | 34 | 17.4 | 58 | 20.5 |
| Trailer | 79 | 40.3 | 108 | 38.2 |
*
3 missing observations