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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Agromedicine. 2012 Jan;17(1):70–80. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2012.626750

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%)

% % % % % %
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