Table 1.
Personal Characteristics of Latina Farmworker and Non-farmworker Participants, North Carolina, 2012.
| Personal Characteristic | Farmworkers n=35 |
Non-farmworkers n=60 |
p-value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employed n=35 |
Unemployed n=25 |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Age | 0.0335 | ||||||
| < 30 years | 14 | 40.0 | 7 | 20.0 | 11 | 44.0 | |
| 30-34 years | 8 | 22.9 | 4 | 11.4 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| 35-44 years | 7 | 20.0 | 20 | 57.1 | 8 | 32.0 | |
| 45+ years | 6 | 17.1 | 4 | 11.4 | 1 | 4.0 | |
| Education | 0.0552 | ||||||
| 0-6 years | 20 | 57.1 | 15 | 42.9 | 6 | 24.0 | |
| 7-11 years | 10 | 28.6 | 9 | 25.7 | 13 | 52.0 | |
| 12 years or more | 5 | 14.3 | 11 | 31.4 | 6 | 24.0 | |
| Years Lived in Current House | 0.7666 | ||||||
| ≤ 1 year | 7 | 20.0 | 10 | 28.6 | 7 | 28.0 | |
| 2-4 years | 12 | 34.3 | 14 | 40.0 | 8 | 32.0 | |
| 5 or more years | 16 | 45.7 | 11 | 31.4 | 10 | 40.0 | |
| Place of Birth | 0.5057 | ||||||
| Mexico | 31 | 88.6 | 26 | 74.3 | 18 | 72.0 | |
| United States/Puerto Rico | 1 | 2.9 | 2 | 5.7 | 2 | 8.0 | |
| Central America | 3 | 8.6 | 6 | 17.1 | 3 | 12.0 | |
| Other | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.9 | 2 | 8.0 | |
| Preferred Language | 0.2641 | ||||||
| Spanish | 33 | 97.1 | 32 | 91.4 | 23 | 92.0 | |
| English | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 8.6 | 2 | 8.0 | |
| Other | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Industry of Current Job | NA | ||||||
| Farmworker | 35 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Production | 0 | 17 | 48.6 | 0 | |||
| Service work (food preparation, domestic worker, personal care) | 0 | 11 | 31.4 | 0 | |||
| Sales | 0 | 3 | 8.6 | 0 | |||
| Other | 0 | 4 | 11.4 | 0 | |||
| Unemployed | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 100.0 | ||
*
Chi-Square or Fisher’s Exact test as appropriate