Hired Latinx child farm labor in North Carolina: The demand-support-control model applied to a vulnerable worker population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

US government child labor policies allow children as young as age 10 to be hired as workers on farms not operated by family members. Children may face substantial health risks in an industry known for high worker morbidity and mortality rates, due to high demands for productivity, and low control and little support because of the organization of the workplace. This paper examines how child farmworkers in North Carolina experience their work situation.

Methods

In-depth interviews conducted in 2016 with 30 Latinx child farmworkers, ages 10 to 17, were analyzed using concepts from the demand-control-support model. All had worked as either migrant or seasonal hired farmworkers within the past year.

Results

Children reported planting, cultivating, and harvesting

SUBMITTER: Quandt SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6842043 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature