Volume 27, Number 5—May 2021
Research
Prevalence and Clinical Profile of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection among Farmworkers, California, USA, June–November 2020
Table 1
Place of residence, living conditions, and working and transportation conditions that could lead to SARS-CoV-2 exposure among farmworkers enrolled in a cross-sectional study, Monterey County, California, USA, July 16–November 30, 2020*
Characteristics | Enrollees, no. (%) |
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All, n = 1,115 | Clinic, n = 565 | Outreach, n = 550 | |
Community of residence | |||
Salinas | 492 (44.1) | 263 (46.5) | 229 (41.6) |
Northern Monterey County | 73 (6.5) | 18 (3.2) | 55 (10.0) |
Southern Monterey County | 539 (48.3) | 284 (50.3) | 255 (46.4) |
Outside Monterey County |
11 (1.0) |
0 |
11 |
Household size | n = 1,115 | n = 565 | n = 550 |
0 others | 12 (1.1) | 8 (1.4) | 4 (0.7) |
1–3 others | 399 (35.8) | 187 (33.1) | 212 (38.6) |
4–6 others | 515 (46.2) | 259 (45.8) | 256 (46.5) |
>7 others |
189 (17.0) |
111 (19.7) |
78 (14.2) |
Children in household | n = 1,114 | n = 565 | n = 549 |
Any children |
836 (75.0) |
440 (77.9) |
396 (72.1) |
Children attending school or daycare | n = 1,111 | n = 562 | n = 549 |
Any children |
85 (7.7) |
57 (10.1) |
28 (5.1) |
Residential overcrowding | n = 1,115 | n = 565 | n = 550 |
<2 persons/bedroom | 490 (44.0) | 224 (39.7) | 266 (48.4) |
>2 to <4 persons/bedroom | 510 (45.7) | 289 (51.2) | 221 (40.2) |
>4 persons/bedroom |
115 (10.3) |
52 (9.2) |
63 (11.5) |
Ability to isolate at home if infected | n = 1,115 | n = 565 | n = 550 |
Live alone or have >1 bedroom and bathroom |
643 (57.7) |
330 (58.4) |
313 (56.9) |
Size of company | n = 939 | n = 574 | n = 456 |
<25 workers | 108 (11.5) | 49 (10.1) | 59 (12.9) |
25–49 workers | 132 (14.1) | 67 (13.9) | 65 (14.3) |
50–499 workers | 447 (47.6) | 229 (47.4) | 218 (47.8) |
>500 workers |
252 (26.8) |
138 (28.9) |
114 (25.0) |
Work setting | n = 1,114 | n = 564 | n = 550 |
Indoors only | 192 (17.2) | 103 (18.3) | 89 (16.2) |
Outdoors only | 849 (76.2) | 425 (75.4) | 424 (77.1) |
Indoor and outdoor |
73 (6.6) |
36 (6.4) |
37 (6.7) |
Type of agricultural work | n = 1,105 | n = 555 | n = 550 |
Working in the fields | 830 (74.4) | 416 (73.6) | 414 (75.3) |
Packing shed | 133 (11.9) | 65 (11.5) | 68 (12.4) |
Processing facility | 64 (5.74) | 34 (6.0) | 30 (5.5) |
Nursery | 40 (3.6) | 18 (3.2) | 22 (4.0) |
Truck driver | 38 (3.4) | 19 (3.4) | 19 (3.5) |
Packing truck | 22 (1.97) | 15 (2.7) | 7 (1.3) |
Other |
21 (1.88) |
12 (2.1) |
9 (1.6) |
Commute to work | n = 1,088 | n = 554 | n = 534 |
Alone or with household members only | 714 (65.6) | 341 (61.6) | 373 (69.9) |
With nonhousehold members |
374 (34.4) |
213 (38.4) |
161 (30.1) |
Contact with acute respiratory illness cases | n = 1,087 | n = 547 | n = 540 |
None | 971 (89.3) | 449 (82.1) | 522 (96.7) |
At work only | 66 (6.1) | 54 (9.9) | 12 (2.2) |
At home only | 44 (4.0) | 38 (6.9) | 6 (1.1) |
At home and work |
6 (0.6) |
6 (1.1) |
0 |
Attended gatherings | n = 1,113 | n = 564 | n = 549 |
Attended in preceding 2 weeks | 113 (10.2) | 50 (8.9) | 63 (11.5) |
*Clinic participants are those recruited on clinic premises, where they might have been seeking care for COVID-19 or any other illness. Outreach participants are those recruited at mobile testing operations in the community, who were not seeking medical care. SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
2Members of the CHAMACOS-Project-19 Study Team are listed at the end of this article.