Table 1.

Description of the sample, Latino farmworkers and non-farmworkers, North Carolina, 2012.

Participant Characteristics	Farmworkers n=304		Non-farmworkers n=247		p-valuea
	n	%	n	%
Gender					0.0001
Male	273	89.8	192	77.7
Female	31	10.2	55	22.3
Age					0.0565
< 30 years	73	24.0	45	18.2
30–34 years	83	27.3	53	21.5
35–44 years	88	28.9	86	34.8
45+ years	60	19.7	63	25.5
Educationb					<.0001
0–6 grade	118	38.9	80	32.5
7–11 grade	148	48.8	79	32.1
12 grade or more	37	12.2	87	35.4
Country of Birth					<.0001
Mexico	300	98.7	163	66.0
United States/Puerto Rico	1	0.3	17	6.9
Central America	3	1.0	52	21.1
Other	–	–	15	6.1
Preferred Language					<.0001
Spanish	299	98.4	227	91.9
English	2	0.7	19	7.7
Other	3	1.0	1	0.4
Industry of Current Job					NA
Agriculture	304	100	–	–
Construction	–	–	78	31.6
Production	–	–	53	21.5
Food preparation/restaurant	–	–	22	8.9
Maintenance/cleaning	–	–	17	6.9
Sales	–	–	15	6.1
Transportation/truck driver	–	–	11	4.4
Mechanic	–	–	9	3.6
Other	–	–	10	4.0
Unemployed	–	–	32	13.0

^aBased on Chi-Square or Fisher’s Exact test, as appropriate

^bMissing 2 observations