Variable/category | n† | % | HR | 95% CI | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Location | |||||
Texas only | 185 | 48.6 | referent | – | – |
Both | 21 | 5.5 | 0.78 | 0.24 to 2.58 | 0.687 |
Out of Texas only | 175 | 45.9 | 1.21 | 0.72 to 2.02 | 0.478 |
Employer type | |||||
Contractor only | 90 | 23.6 | Referent | – | – |
Commercial owner or grower only | 49 | 12.9 | 1.36 | 0.51 to 3.59 | 0.535 |
Small owner or grower only | 139 | 36.5 | 2.08 | 1.00 to 4.34 | 0.052 |
Combination of employer types/other | 103 | 27.0 | 2.02 | 0.94 to 4.35 | 0.072 |
Crops or animals worked* | |||||
Asparagus | 26 | 6.8 | 1.10 | 0.44 to 2.76 | 0.835 |
Beans | 33 | 8.7 | 1.27 | 0.60 to 2.69 | 0.527 |
Beets | 21 | 5.5 | 1.92 | 0.87 to 4.24 | 0.105 |
Potatoes | 24 | 6.3 | 1.43 | 0.64 to 3.17 | 0.384 |
Cherry | 18 | 4.7 | 1.87 | 0.80 to 4.37 | 0.150 |
Corn | 70 | 18.4 | 1.46 | 0.81 to 2.62 | 0.204 |
Cotton | 138 | 36.2 | 0.53 | 0.30 to 0.96 | 0.035 |
Grapes | 21 | 5.5 | 1.80 | 0.77 to 4.19 | 0.174 |
Onion | 24 | 6.3 | 0.21 | 0.03 to 1.52 | 0.122 |
Peanuts | 48 | 12.6 | 0.75 | 0.34 to 1.66 | 0.483 |
Watermelon/other melon | 65 | 17.1 | 1.11 | 0.600 to 2.05 | 0.737 |
Livestock | 40 | 10.5 | 1.23 | 0.57 to 2.65 | 0.596 |
Job tasks performed* | |||||
Cleaned | 55 | 14.4 | 1.44 | 0.78 to 2.66 | 0.244 |
Cleared | 114 | 29.9 | 1.59 | 0.96 to 2.65 | 0.074 |
Cut | 122 | 32.0 | 0.88 | 0.51 to 1.52 | 0.652 |
Detasseled | 31 | 8.1 | 1.68 | 0.76 to 3.70 | 0.199 |
Harvested from ground | 34 | 8.9 | 1.09 | 0.49 to 2.39 | 0.838 |
Harvested from trees | 9 | 2.4 | 0.56 | 0.08 to 4.09 | 0.569 |
Hoed | 85 | 22.3 | 0.88 | 0.48 to 1.59 | 0.663 |
Operated machinery | 14 | 3.7 | 1.06 | 0.26 to 4.36 | 0.931 |
Weeded | 27 | 7.1 | 1.17 | 0.47 to 2.92 | 0.737 |
Job hazards* | |||||
All-terrain vehicle | 92 | 27.1 | 1.29 | 0.74 to 2.23 | 0.364 |
Gasoline/solvents | 41 | 12.0 | 1.32 | 0.68 to 2.57 | 0.413 |
Insect repellent | 94 | 27.5 | 1.71 | 1.01 to 2.91 | 0.047 |
Irrigation ditches | 58 | 17.1 | 1.81 | 1.02 to 3.20 | 0.043 |
Knives | 85 | 25.3 | 1.23 | 0.69 to 2.17 | 0.482 |
Pesticides | 69 | 20.4 | 1.83 | 1.05 to 3.19 | 0.033 |
Pesticide/fertilizer sprayer | 79 | 23.4 | 1.12 | 0.63 to 2.00 | 0.689 |
Plants as tall as face | 118 | 34.5 | 1.31 | 0.77 to 2.23 | 0.323 |
Repeated bending | 133 | 39.0 | 1.21 | 0.72 to 2.05 | 0.471 |
Repeated hand movement | 181 | 53.2 | 0.99 | 0.59 to 1.68 | 0.979 |
Repeated lifting (heavy loads) | 102 | 29.9 | 1.03 | 0.59 to 1.78 | 0.923 |
Sharp tools | 100 | 29.6 | 1.34 | 0.78 to 2.31 | 0.293 |
Tractors | 103 | 30.4 | 1.27 | 0.74 to 2.18 | 0.388 |
Work organisation | |||||
Work harder/faster than like | 110 | 32.3 | 1.80 | 1.07 to 3.02 | 0.027 |
Work without rest breaks | 45 | 13.2 | 1.29 | 0.67 to 2.46 | 0.444 |
*Participants could report multiple crops, job tasks, hazards.
†May not sum to 410 due to missing values.