Health Risks Faced by Turkish Agricultural Workers

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of participants compared with the Beck scores.

Characteristic	𝑛	%	Min	Max	Mean	SD	Beck (𝑃)
Age
≤34	91	51.4	15.00	85.00	37.65	15.019
≥35	86	48.6
Gender
Female	137	77.4					0.491
Male	40	22.6
Marital status
Married	124	70.1					0.983
Other	53	29.9
Number of children
≤2	84	47.5	0.00	9.00	2.80	2.039
≥3	93	52.5
Education level
Elementary & ↓	134	75.7
Secondary & ↑	43	24.3
Physical health
Good	104	59.4
Not good	71	40.6
Economic support
Receives	89	53.4					0.218
Does not receive	65	46.6
Beck score
≤8	67	37.9	0.00	45.00	13.18	10.579
≥9	110	62.1
Monthly income
≤500 TRY	99	55.9	150.00	3000.00	766.10	490.197	0.634
≥501 TRY	78	44.1
Change in monthly income; (in past ten years)
Increased	43	24.3					0.551
Decreased	63	35.6
Did not change	71	40.1
Government support
Yes	44	24.9					0.814
No	133	75.1
Number of rooms in house
≤2	80	45.2	1.00	7.00	2.89	1.234
≥3	97	54.8
Land ownership
Yes	76	42.9					0.095
No	101	57.1
Number of cattle
≤9	95	53.7	0.00	60.00	16.40	19.719	0.848
≥10	82	46.3
Usage of agricultural pesticides
Yes	38	21.5					0.329
No	139	78.5
Usage of artificial fertilizers
Yes	70	39.5					0.479
No	107	60.5
Usage of work machinery
Yes	99	55.9					0.870
No	78	44.1
Child workers
Yes	75	42.4					0.690
No	102	57.6
Age when children begin to help
≤14	49	65.3	2.00	17.00	11.28	4.210	0.975
≥15	26	34.7
Cooperates only with relatives
Yes	70	39.5
No	107	60.5					0.154
Smoking and alcohol use
Yes	21	11.9
No	156	88.1					0.158

𝑛: frequency; %: percentage; SD: standard deviation; 𝑃: level of significance; data are shown as the mean ± 1 SD.