Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 542-551

Aggression Among Male Migrant Farmworkers Living in Camps in Eastern North Carolina (Article)

Kraemer Diaz A.E.* , Weir M.M. , Isom S. , Quandt S.A. , Chen H. , Arcury T.A.
  • a Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States
  • b Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Nashville, TN, United States
  • c Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • d Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • e Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • f Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States

Abstract

The living and working arrangements of migrant farmworkers in North Carolina are shaped by grower provided housing, codified by the US Department of Labor’s H-2A temporary worker program. Growers typically dictate all facets about residences, living conditions, and even food acquirements. Farmworker camps likely contribute to aggression because of the forced relationships among a small group of people that live, work and recreate together for extended time periods. Participants in the study consisted of 371 farmworkers living in 183 camps. The Revised Conflict Tactics Scale was used to assess aggression among migrant farmworkers. Results indicated that aggressive acts were prevalent among the farmworkers, but the frequency of aggressive acts was low. The most common aggressive act was minor psychological aggression. Results also indicated that alcohol misuse was a common characteristic for both victims and perpetrators and the majority of aggressive acts occurred later in the agricultural season. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

Migrant farmworker Aggression Housing conditions

Index Keywords

agricultural worker human epidemiology middle aged North Carolina statistics and numerical data Agriculture housing alcoholism Farmers ethnology Cross-Sectional Studies cross-sectional study Aggression psychology Humans male Socioeconomic Factors socioeconomics adult migration Transients and Migrants
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84930144018&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-015-0221-1&partnerID=40&md5=2b1bc7cc60684230f86692be6a841da0
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-015-0221-1
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English