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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2009 Aug;51(8):922–933. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181ad4995

Table 1.

Characteristics of the Baseline and Follow-up Cross-sectional Samples, by Randomization Group*

Baseline, % Follow-up, %

Control N=284 Intervention N=245 Control N=303 Intervention N=259
Gender
 Male 73.6 71.4 65.7 71.4
 Female 26.4 28.6 34.3 28.6
Ethnicity
 Hispanic 88.7 89.4 96.4 92.3
 White, non-Hispanic 11.3 10.6 3.6 7.7
Age (years)
 18 to 24 11.1 14.6 15.5 17.4
 25 to 34 32.8 31.6 35.0 31.7
 35 to 49 35.8 33.3 33.3 31.6
 50 and older 20.3 20.5 16.2 19.3
Education
 <5th grade 33.8 32.2 31.7 33.6
 5th to 8th grade 32.4 35.5 31.0 34.0
 Some high school 21.5 20.4 25.1 20.5
 ≥ High school graduate 12.3 11.8 12.2 12.0
Annual household income (n=1,038)
 ≤$15,000 49.4 53.6 52.3 58.4
 $15,001 to $25,000 30.3 31.5 31.1 28.4
 >$25,000 20.3 14.9 16.6 13.2
Marital status
 Married/living as married 81.0 82.5 78.9 77.6
 Other 19.0 17.5 21.1 22.4
Children under 18 living in home
 Yes 72.9 80.0 74.2 71.7
 No 27.1 20.0 25.8 28.3
Handler of pesticides past 3 months
 Yes 33.8 28.6 23.1 19.7
 No 66.2 71.4 76.9 80.3
Pesticide safety training past 5 years
 Yes 30.6 27.4 27.8 27.0
 No 69.4 72.7 72.2 73.0
Provided PPE
 Yes 44.4 39.6 N/A N/A
 No 55.6 60.4 N/A N/A
Years in agriculture (Mean, SD) (n=1,072) 16.6 (13.0) 14.8 (12.2) 12.8 (10.9) 12.7 (11.5)
*

Percentages based on the number of valid responses for each item.