Table 2.
Characteristics of the surveyed population
| Variable | Total N = 516 | Living proximity from FF and work in FF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close to FF | Close & work in FF | Close & don’t work in FF | Far from FF | ||
| N = 257 | N = 164 | N = 93 | N = 259 | ||
| Gender N (%) | |||||
| Men | 298 (58) | 132 (51) | 86 (52 %) | 46 (49) | 166 (64) a** |
| Women | 218 (42) | 125 (49) | 78 (48) | 47 (51) | 93 (36) |
| Family size | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 4.9 (2.9) | 3.6 (2.0) | 3.1 (1.9) | 4.4 (2.1) bb** | 6.4 (2.9) |
| Age in years | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 30 (10.6) | 26 (6.9) | 25 (5.5) | 29 (7.9) bb** | 34 (12.1) b* |
| Education in school years | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 5.5 (3.7) | 6.6 (3.5) | 6.7 (3.4) | 6.4 (3.6) | 4.4 (3.6) b** |
| Type of job N (%) | |||||
| Farmer own farm | 275 (53) | 36 (14) | 0 | 36 (39) | 239 (92) |
| Flower farm | 165 (32) | 164 (64) | 164 (100) | 0 | 1 (0.003) |
| Green house | 87 (17) | 86 (34) | 86 (52) | 0 | 1 (0.003) |
| Pack-house | 29 (6) | 29 (6) | 29 (18) | 0 | 0 |
| Sprayer | 29 (6) | 29 (6) | 29 (18) | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 20 (4) | 20 (4) | 20 (12) | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 76 (15) | 57 (22) | 0 | 57 (61) | 19 (7) |
| Work experience (months) | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 46 (43) | 35 (27) | 31 (24.5) | 52 (31.3) bb** | 71 (61) |
| Family members working in FF N {%} | 109 (21) | 104 (20) | 82 (50) | 22 (22) | 5 (1) |
| Pesticide use N (%) c | |||||
| Household use | 172 (33) | 58 (23) | 38 (23) | 20 (22) | 114 (44) d |
| Own farm | 214 (41) | 47 (18) | 10 (6) | 37 (40) dd** | 167 (65) d |
| Flower farm | 173 (34) | 172 (67) | 157 (96) | 15 (16) dd** | 1 (0.003) d |
| Cigarette smoking (tobacco) N (%) | 7 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (3) |
FF: flower farm; a: Chi-square test comparing the subgroups close vs. far; b: independent t-test comparing the subgroups close vs. far; bb: independent t-test comparing the subgroups “close & work” vs. “close & don’t work” in FF; c: percentage may not add to 100 %; d: comparing the subgroups close vs. far by logistic regression; dd: comparing the subgroups “close & work” vs. “close & don’t work” in FF by logistic regression; *:p < 0.05; **::p < 0.01