The Prevalence of Disabilities in the U.S. Farm Population

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• Personal Author:
  Aherin RA ; Miller CD
• Description:
  Health limitations and disabilities among farmers, farmworkers, and farm family members may have implications on their day-to-day activities and well-being as well as the farm business, but little is known about the extent of these limitations and disabilities. Using the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files from 2008 to 2016, the following questions were examined: what is the prevalence of disability in the overall farm population; what is the prevalence of health difficulties and disability among farmers, farmworkers, and farm family members; and do farmer and farmworker disability prevalence rates vary over time, by state, gender, or race/ethnicity. Finally, the effects of demographic factors were estimated on the likelihood that farmers and farmworkers might experience a disability. The findings of this study indicated that the disability rate in the farm population was 12.9%. On average, almost two out of ten farmers (19.2%) and nearly one out of ten farmworkers (9.0%) had a disability. One in 25 farm family children (4.2%, ages 6 to 17) and slightly more than two in 25 farm family adults (10.5%) had a disability. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Demography Epidemiology Family Farmers Morbidity Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Author Keywords: Cognitive Difficulty Demographic Characteristics Disability Disabled Workers Families Farm Children Farmer Farm Household Farmworker Farm Workers Hearing Difficulty Independent Living Difficulty Morbidity Rates Physical Difficulty Self-care Difficulty Vision Difficulty

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• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Illinois ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  243-260
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063623
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 2018 Oct; 24(4):243-260
• Contact Point Address:
  Cristina D. Miller, USDA Economic Research Service, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Mailstop #1800, Washington, DC 20250
• Email:
  cmiller@ers.usda.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222195/cdc_222195_DS1.pdf
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