Table 2 Sociodemographic, labor and lifestyle characterization of farmers from a Brazilian region, by sex
Variables | Sex | P-value | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | n (%) | ||
n (%) | n (%) | |||
Age group | 0.956 | |||
Up to 29 years | 101 (50.2) | 100 (49.8) | 201 (27.2) | |
30 to 39 years | 114 (52.3) | 104 (47.7) | 218 (29.5) | |
40 to 49 years | 93 (50.8) | 90 (49.2) | 183 (24.7) | |
50 years or more | 73 (52.9) | 65 (47.1) | 138 (18.6) | |
Marital status | < 0.001 | |||
Single | 46 (82.1) | 10 (17.9) | 56 (7.6) | |
Married/living with a partner | 321 (50.3) | 317 (49.7) | 638 (86.2) | |
Divorced/separated/widowed | 14 (30.4) | 32 (69.6) | 46 (6.2) | |
Race/colora | 0.212 | |||
White | 339 (50.7) | 330 (49.3) | 669 (90.4) | |
Non-white | 42 (59.2) | 29 (40.8) | 71 (9.6) | |
Socioeconomic class | < 0.001 | |||
A or B | 41 (73.2) | 15 (26.8) | 56 (7.6) | |
C | 208 (55.3) | 168 (44.7) | 376 (50.8) | |
D or E | 132 (42.9) | 176 (57.1) | 308 (41.6) | |
Land bonda | 0.155 | |||
Owner | 306 (52.9) | 272 (47.1) | 578 (78.1) | |
Non-owner | 75 (46.3) | 87 (53.7) | 162 (21.9) | |
Schooling | 0.655 | |||
Less than 4 years | 253 (50.5) | 248 (49.5) | 501 (67.7) | |
4 to 8 years | 88 (54.7) | 73 (45.3) | 161 (21.8) | |
More than 8 years | 40 (51.3) | 38 (48.7) | 78 (10.5) | |
Transport used more frequentlyc | < 0.001 | |||
Own vehicle | 369 (53.5) | 321 (46.5) | 690 (93.5) | |
On foot, by bicycle or bus | 11 (22.9) | 37 (77.1) | 48 (6.5) | |
Nearby places for physical activitya | < 0.001 | |||
There is no proper place | 226 (59.3) | 265 (73.8) | 491 (66.4) | |
Around the house | 155 (40.7) | 94 (26.2) | 249 (33.6) | |
Working time as a farmerc | 0.756 | |||
Under 10 years | 20 (57.1) | 15 (42.9) | 35 (4.7) | |
From 10 to 29 years | 194 (51.7) | 181 (48.3) | 375 (50.8) | |
30 years or more | 166 (50.6) | 162 (49.4) | 328 (44.4) | |
Current type of productiona | 0.177 | |||
Conventional | 337 (50.6) | 329 (49.4) | 666 (90.0) | |
Non-conventional | 44 (59.5) | 30 (40.5) | 74 (10.0) | |
Number of worked cropsa | 0.004 | |||
Up to 4 crops | 145 (38.1) | 175 (48.7) | 320 (43.2) | |
5 or more crops | 236 (61.9) | 184 (51.3) | 420 (56.8) | |
Type of worked crops | 0.415 | |||
Temporary only | 176 (49.3) | 181 (50.7) | 357 (48.2) | |
Permanent only | 22 (48.9) | 23 (51.1) | 45 (6.1) | |
Temporary and permanent | 183 (54.1) | 155 (45.9) | 338 (45.7) | |
Workload (hours/week)a | < 0.001 | |||
Less than or equal to 40 h | 40 (27.2) | 107 (72.8) | 147 (19.9) | |
More than 40 h | 341 (57.5) | 252 (42.5) | 593 (80.1) | |
Contact with pesticidesa | < 0.001 | |||
Direct contact | 327 (63.7) | 186 (36.3) | 513 (69.3) | |
Indirect contact, organic or agroecological | 54 (23.8) | 173 (76.2) | 227 (30.7) | |
Alcohol consumptiona | < 0.001 | |||
Non-drinking | 150 (35.8) | 269 (64.2) | 419 (56.6) | |
Drinking | 231 (72.0) | 90 (28.0) | 321 (43.4) | |
Smokinga | < 0.001 | |||
Non-smoker | 283 (74.3) | 346 (96.4) | 629 (85.0) | |
Current and past smoker | 98 (25.7) | 13 (3.6) | 111 (15.0) | |
Physical activity extra-fielda,b | 0.087 | |||
No | 303 (79.5) | 303 (84.4) | 606 (81.9) | |
Yes | 78 (20.5) | 56 (15.6) | 134 (18.1) | |
Screen time | 0.712 | |||
No sedentary leisure | 205 (50.7) | 199 (49.3) | 404 (54.6) | |
With sedentary leisure | 175 (52.2) | 160 (47.8) | 335 (45.3) | |
Number of places where they usually buy food | 0.269 | |||
2 places or less | 215 (53.3) | 188 (46.7) | 403 (54.5) | |
3 places or more | 166 (49.3) | 171 (50.7) | 337 (45.5) | |
Frequency of food purchasesa | 0.251 | |||
Twice/month or more | 114 (55.1) | 93 (44.9) | 207 (28.0) | |
Once/month or less | 267 (50.1) | 266 (49.9) | 533 (72.0) | |
Travel time to purchase food | 0.131 | |||
Up to 15 min | 120 (57.7) | 88 (42.3) | 208 (28.1) | |
16 to 29 min | 177 (49.4) | 181 (50.6) | 358 (48.4) | |
More than 30 min | 81 (49.4) | 83 (50.6) | 164 (22.2) | |
Monthly per capita expenditure on food purchasesd | 0.436 | |||
R$ 100 or less | 138 (37.7) | 141 (40.9) | 279 (39.2) | |
> R$ 100 to < R$ 200 | 164 (44.8) | 155 (44.9) | 319 (44.9) | |
R$ 200 or more | 64 (17.5) | 49 (14.2) | 113 (15.9) | |
Habit of eating away from homea | < 0.001 | |||
No or rarely | 212 (55.6) | 282 (78.6) | 494 (66.8) | |
Yes, often | 169 (44.4) | 77 (21.4) | 246 (33.2) | |
Place where they usually meala | 0.738 | |||
At the table | 280 (73.5) | 268 (74.7) | 548 (74.1) | |
Under a different setting | 101 (26.5) | 91 (25.3) | 192 (25.9) | |