Understanding Latinx Child Farmworkers’ Reasons for Working

A Mixed Methods Approach

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ID12093025
AutoresTaylor J Arnold (0000-0002-3575-1512, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA, autor correspondente), T A Arcury (0000-0001-9523-9492, Wake Forest University), A Quandt (0000-0002-2968-5459, Wake Forest University), Sara A Quandt (Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA), Joanne C Sandberg (0000-0001-6056-6186, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA), Jennifer W Talton (0000-0001-9365-1993, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA), Stephanie S Daniel (0000-0001-5606-6146, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA)
Ano2022
Volume38
Fascículo6
Páginas1142-1176
Data de publicação2022-12-21
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Adolescent Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0743-5584 • E-ISSN: 1552-6895
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/07435584221144956
PMID38235371
OpenAlexW4313213906
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas73

Agricultural labor is extremely hazardous, yet young children are legally permitted to work on farms. This paper contextualizes and describes Latinx hired child farmworkers’ stated reasons for working. We conducted a mixed-methods study using in-depth interviews ( n = 30) and survey interviews ( n = 202) with Latinx child farmworkers aged 10 to 17 in North Carolina. Our qualitative thematic analysis identified children’s salient reasons for working, including supporting family, contextual factors that lead to farm work, and occupying summer time. Statistical analysis showed that children’s primary reasons for working included buying clothes (91.1%) and school supplies (64.7%), with few differences by gender, age, or other characteristics. The findings demonstrate that most Latinx children view farm work as a necessary but temporary experience that financially supports their families. We discuss the implications for protecting Latinx child workers by reducing their structural vulnerability in order to facilitate healthy development

Developmental psychology · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Vulnerability (computing · Work (physics · Agriculture and Farm Safety · Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology · Engineering · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology