Table 4.
Variability in percent of responses of ‘very often’ and ‘always’ for decision latitude and job demands items across tasks and crops (NAWS, 2006)
| Scale items | Tasks |
Crops |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size | Pre- harvest 96 |
Harvest 35 |
Post- harvest 26 |
Semi- skilled 78 |
Other 174 |
Field crops 60 |
Fruits and nuts 95 |
Horticulture 160 |
Vegetables 80 |
Miscellaneous and multiple 14 |
| Decision latitude | ||||||||||
| Having a lot to say on job |
13.54 | 5.71 | 16.00 | 29.49 | 20.00 | 40.00 | 10.53 | 17.42 | 12.50 | 35.71 |
| Job requires high skill |
15.63 | 2.86 | 11.54 | 38.46 | 20.00 | 31.67 | 15.79 | 21.15 | 16.25 | 21.43 |
| Freedom to make decisions |
17.71 | 8.57 | 19.23 | 35.90 | 23.53 | 50.00 | 10.53 | 23.72 | 15.00 | 28.57 |
| Job requires being creative |
12.63 | 0.00 | 12.50 | 26.92 | 15.98 | 46.67 | 3.16 | 15.79 | 7.50 | 14.29 |
| Job demands | ||||||||||
| Job requires working hard |
3.13 | 8.57 | 8.33 | 17.95 | 9.83 | 21.67 | 8.60 | 8.18 | 2.50 | 21.43 |
| Asked to do excessive work |
0.00 | 2.86 | 4.17 | 1.28 | 6.36 | 0.00 | 3.23 | 5.66 | 0.00 | 14.29 |