Table 2.
Estimated rate of agricultural injury by farmers’ characteristics
|
Variables |
Unweighted |
Weighted |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N* | n † | N ‡ | n § | %±SE ∥ | p-value ⁋ | |
| |
8064 |
269 |
1,661,064 |
53,301 |
3.2±0.00 |
|
| Gender | ||||||
| Male |
4,324 |
195 |
916,683 |
39,300 |
4.3±0.00 |
0.001 |
| Female |
3,740 |
74 |
744,382 |
14,001 |
1.9±0.00 |
|
| Age (years) | ||||||
| <50 |
1,124 |
21 |
217,876 |
4,043 |
1.9±0.01 |
0.003 |
| 50-59 |
2,030 |
66 |
410,701 |
13,046 |
3.2±0.00 |
|
| 60-69 |
2,460 |
80 |
517,046 |
15,840 |
3.1±0.00 |
|
| ≥70 |
2,450 |
102 |
515,441 |
20,372 |
4.0±0.00 |
|
| Total years farming (years) | ||||||
| <10 |
542 |
10 |
106,369 |
2,171 |
2.0±0.00 |
0.001 |
| 10-19 |
742 |
14 |
152,987 |
2,678 |
1.8±0.00 |
|
| ≥20 |
6,780 |
245 |
1,401,709 |
48,452 |
3.5±0.00 |
|
| Average months per year of farming (months) | ||||||
| <7 |
1,667 |
28 |
350,121 |
5,103 |
1.5±0.00 |
0.002 |
| 7-9 |
2,533 |
82 |
503,324 |
15,027 |
3.0±0.01 |
|
| ≥10 |
3,864 |
159 |
807,619 |
33,170 |
4.1±0.01 |
|
| Average hours per day of farming (hours) | ||||||
| <5 |
2,055 |
38 |
411,985 |
7,084 |
1.7±0.00 |
0.001 |
| 5-9 |
4,825 |
175 |
1,017,031 |
35,409 |
3.5±0.01 |
|
| ≥10 | 1,184 | 56 | 232,048 | 10,807 | 4.7±0.00 | |
*Number of farmers who participated in the survey per category.
†Unweighted number of farmers who reported an agricultural injury that required an absence of more than 4 days.
‡Estimated number of farmers in each category.
§Estimated number of farmers who reported an agricultural injury that required an absence of more than 4 days for each category.
∥Standard error.
⁋p-value calculated by Rao-Scott’s chi-squared test.