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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ind Med. 2012 Sep 28;56(2):216–225. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22118

Table II.

Twelve-Month Work History Data Assessed at MICASA Baseline Interview (2006–2007)

% (n) Men % (n) Women % (n) p-value
Worked in last 12 months 92.5 (702) 96.0 (403) 88.2 (299) <0.0001
Tasks Worked in last 12 months
 Packing/Sorting* 38.5 (292) 9.8 (41) 74.0 (251) <0.0001
 Picking/Harvesting 24.0 (182) 38.1 (160) 6.5 (22) <0.0001
 Hoeing/Weeding 33.3 (253) 31.0 (130) 36.3 (123) 0.12
 Irrigation++ 8.2 (62) 14.5 (61) 0.3 (1) <0.0001
 Planting 7.6 (58) 7.6 (32) 7.7 (26) 0.97
 Pruning/Cutting 15.6 (118) 22.1 (93) 7.4 (25) <0.0001
 Machine Operation# 13.4 (102) 23.3 (98) 1.2 (4) <0.0001
 Cleaning^ 10.9 (83) 9.5 (40) 12.7 (43) 0.17
 Supervision 2.1 (16) 3.3 (14) 0.6 (2) 0.009
*

Packing/sorting tasks may be done at the field or in processing plant depending on crop; involves sorting commodity by size and placing in boxes for transport

++

Irrigation tasks include setting up irrigation systems, laying pipe, monitoring watering in field

#

Machine operation includes tractor driving, operating other farm equipment, driving trucks

^

Cleaning tasks vary by the crop. In crops such as grapes, melons and tomatoes, it includes removing dead leaves from around the fruit; in almonds, cleaning involves retrieving nuts left on the ground by sweeping them into a pile to be picked up by a machine.