Table 3.
Bivariate Associations between Farmworker Characteristics and Daytime Sleepiness, Depressive Symptoms, and Musculoskeletal Pain, Eastern North Carolina, 2009
| Elevated Daytime Sleepiness | Non-Elevated Daytime Sleepiness | p- value | Elevated Depressive Symptoms | Non-Elevated Depressive Symptoms | p- value | Elevated Musculoskeletal Pain | Non-Elevated Musculoskeletal Pain | p- value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ESS ≥ 10) | (ESS < 10) | (CES-D ≥ 10) | (CES-D < 10) | (≥ Weekly & ≥ Moderate Pain) | (< Weekly of < Moderate Pain) | ||||||||||
| N=32 (10.7%) | N=268 (89.3%) | N = 82 (27.9%) | N = 212 (72.1%) | N = 16 (5.3%) | N = 284 (94.7%) | ||||||||||
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| % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||||||||
| Gender | |||||||||||||||
| Male | 30 | 93.8 | 255 | 95.1 | 0.65 | 79 | 96.3 | 200 | 94.3 | 0.41 | 13 | 81.3 | 272 | 95.8 | 0.01 | 
| Female | 2 | 6.3 | 13 | 4.9 | 3 | 3.7 | 12 | 5.7 | 3 | 18.8 | 12 | 4.2 | |||
| Age | |||||||||||||||
| 18 to 24 | 1 | 3.1 | 58 | 21.6 | 0.01 | 9 | 11.0 | 50 | 23.6 | 0.03 | 2 | 12.5 | 57 | 20.1 | NA | 
| 25 to 29 | 5 | 15.6 | 30 | 11.2 | 11 | 13.4 | 24 | 11.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 12.3 | |||
| 30 to 39 | 8 | 25.0 | 102 | 38.1 | 29 | 35.4 | 79 | 37.3 | 5 | 31.3 | 105 | 37.0 | |||
| >= 40 | 18 | 56.3 | 78 | 29.1 | 33 | 40.2 | 59 | 27.8 | 9 | 56.3 | 87 | 30.6 | |||
| Educational Attainment | |||||||||||||||
| 0 – 6 years | 19 | 59.4 | 142 | 53.0 | 0.49 | 50 | 61.0 | 108 | 50.9 | 0.07 | 11 | 68.8 | 150 | 52.8 | 0.29 | 
| 7+ years | 13 | 40.6 | 126 | 47.0 | 32 | 39.0 | 104 | 49.1 | 5 | 31.3 | 134 | 47.2 | |||
| Years in Agriculture | |||||||||||||||
| 1 or less | 2 | 6.3 | 39 | 14.6 | 0.01 | 10 | 12.2 | 31 | 14.6 | 0.92 | 2 | 12.5 | 39 | 13.7 | 0.68 | 
| 2 – 7 years | 10 | 31.3 | 131 | 48.9 | 39 | 47.6 | 98 | 46.2 | 9 | 56.3 | 132 | 46.5 | |||
| 8+ years | 20 | 62.5 | 98 | 36.6 | 33 | 40.2 | 83 | 39.2 | 5 | 31.3 | 113 | 39.8 | |||
| Language Spoken | |||||||||||||||
| Spanish | 31 | 96.9 | 268 | 100.0 | NA | 82 | 100.0 | 211 | 99.5 | NA | 16 | 100.0 | 283 | 99.6 | NA | 
| English | 7 | 21.9 | 28 | 10.4 | 0.11 | 12 | 14.6 | 21 | 9.9 | 0.25 | 1 | 6.3 | 34 | 12.0 | 0.47 | 
| Indigenous | 10 | 31.3 | 50 | 18.7 | 0.08 | 13 | 15.9 | 47 | 22.2 | 0.18 | 3 | 18.8 | 57 | 20.1 | 0.88 | 
p-value for association between those who have and do not have elevated depressive level, those who do and do not have elevated daytime sleepiness, and those with elevated and non-elevated musculoskeletal pain, adjusting for camp