Table 2.
Mean and standard deviation of stress questionnaire items by season and farmworker status1.
| Item | Pre-Thinning | Thinning | No-Spray | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW2 M (SD)3 |
NFW2 M (SD) |
FW M (SD) |
NFW M (SD) |
FW M (SD) |
NFW M (SD) |
|
| In the past month, have you felt stressed because of: | ||||||
| Lack of enough work? | 0.28(0.30) | 0.22(0.34) | 0.20(0.30) | 0.14(0.26) | 0.16(0.23) | 0.16(0.24) |
| You did not have enough money to pay your bills? | 0.46(0.34) | 0.37(0.35) | 0.30(0.31) | 0.29(0.30) | 0.32(0.31) | 0.22(0.25) |
| Injustice at work? | 0.11(0.22) | 0.17(0.26) | 0.15(0.28) | 0.05(0.19) | 0.18(0.27) | 0.09(0.17) |
| Painful injuries at work? | 0.10(0.23) | 0.05(0.14) | 0.08(0.19) | 0.04(0.12) | 0.06(0.17) | 0.10(0.23) |
| Having to work too hard? | 0.21(0.31) | 0.11(0.19) | 0.16(0.26) | 0.06(0.19) | 0.16(0.25) | 0.14(0.24) |
| Where to leave your children while working? | 0.15(0.27) | 0.11(0.25) | 0.12(0.24) | 0.06(0.16) | 0.13(0.24) | 0.04(0.13) |
| Problems with your children? | 0.14(0.25) | 0.11(0.23) | 0.12(0.23) | 0.09(0.16) | 0.13(0.22) | 0.10(0.19) |
| Lack of communication in your household? | 0.15(0.24) | 0.11(0.21) | 0.11(0.19) | 0.09(0.22) | 0.13(0.20) | 0.06(0.13) |
| A drinking problem in your household? | 0.06(0.19) | 0.04(014) | 0.03(0.15) | 0.04(0.12) | 0.04(0.12) | 0.02(0.09) |
| Drug use in your home? | 0.01(0.07) | 0.02(0.09) | 0.02(0.13) | 0.01(0.08) | 0.00(0.03) | 0.00(0.00) |
| Domestic violence in your home? | 0.00(0.00) | 0.01(0.08) | 0.01(0.06) | 0.00(0.00) | 0.00(0.03) | 0.00(0.00) |
| Gang-related violence in your community? | 0.23(0.32) | 0.27(0.31) | 0.21(0.26) | 0.28(0.30) | 0.22(0.25) | 0.13(0.19) |
| Crime in your community? | 0.22(0.30) | 0.24(0.28) | 0.17(0.24) | 0.20(0.28) | 0.20(0.24) | 0.11(0.18) |
| Discrimination in your community? | 0.15(0.26) | 0.11(0.23) | 0.10(0.20) | 0.12(0.26) | 0.15(0.23) | 0.11(0.20) |
| You do not speak English? | 0.39(0.35) | 0.18(0.27) | 0.29(0.30) | 0.12(0.20) | 0.32(0.28) | 0.12(0.20) |
| Lack of communication with youth in your community? | 0.18(0.26) | 0.08(0.20) | 0.14(0.21) | 0.11(0.24) | 0.19(0.25) | 0.09(0.19) |
| Discrimination in the schools? | 0.15(0.21) | 0.14(0.26) | 0.15(0.24) | 0.11(0.24) | 0.11(0.19) | 0.08(0.17) |
| In the past month, have you had feelings of desperation because of: | ||||||
| Sickness in your family? | 0.18(0.27) | 0.19(0.32) | 0.16(0.28) | 0.12(0.24) | 0.14(0.24) | 0.12(0.21) |
| Lack of money to pay medical bills? | 0.32(0.33) | 0.25(0.32) | 0.18(0.26) | 0.14(0.24) | 0.19(0.25) | 0.14(0.25) |
| Members of family have problems you cannot solve? | 0.22(0.30) | 0.21(0.26) | 0.20(0.31) | 0.15(0.26) | 0.23(0.29) | 0.14(0.22) |
| Members of your family live so far away? | 0.38(0.34) | 0.18(0.28) | 0.32(0.31) | 0.11(0.21) | 0.28(0.26) | 0.19(0.28) |
| In the past month, have you: | ||||||
| Found it hard to work up the energy to do things? | 0.18(0.25) | 0.12(0.23) | 0.16(0.25) | 0.11(0.23) | 0.13(0.21) | 0.06(0.16) |
| Lost sleep because of stress? | 0.28(0.32) | 0.27(0.32) | 0.18(0.28) | 0.18(0.29) | 0.17(0.27) | 0.15(0.26) |
| Felt depressed because of stress? | 0.22(0.29) | 0.21(0.29) | 0.16(0.25) | 0.12(0.24) | 0.13(0.24) | 0.10(0.21) |
1
Each question was measured from 1 to 5 where 1 is “no stress” and 5 is “stressed most of the time.” We scaled each variable so the mean is between 0 and 1.
2
FW=farmworker, NFW=non-farmworker
3
M (SD) = mean and (standard deviation)