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The Effects of Job Site Sanitation and Living Conditions on the Health and Welfare of Agricultural Workers
Author(s) -
Frisvold George B.,
Mines Richard,
Perloff Jeffrey M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1241929
Subject(s) - sanitation , earnings , welfare , agriculture , unemployment , farm workers , compensation (psychology) , business , environmental health , demographic economics , labour economics , economics , economic growth , medicine , geography , psychology , market economy , accounting , archaeology , pathology , psychoanalysis
The lack of field sanitation on agricultural job sites increases the probability of agricultural workers reporting gastrointestinal disorders by 60%. Adverse living conditions significantly increase the probability of gastrointestinal, respiratory, and muscular problems. These three health problems do not appear to increase the probability that a worker's family is on welfare or to lower workers' earnings. Respiratory problems, however, substantially increase the probability that the worker receives unemployment compensation.