Income Characteristics of Farm Laborers by Ethnic Groups in New Jersey. New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, A.E. 356, February 1975 / Daymon W. Thatch.

The study focused on the income in agricultural jobs, in nonagricultural jobs, and in total for Puerto Rican, white, and black farm workers who worked at least parttime in New Jersey. Objectives were to examine income differences between and within the three groups, and to pinpoint some of the socioeconomic characteristics that are important in predicting incomes of various groups. Data were obtained from 986 questionnaires of which 559 were from Puerto Ricans, 227 from whites, and 200 from blacks. Among the factors analyzed were: age, sex, salary, education, years worked for employer, weeks worked in agriculture, whether unemployment insurance was received, relation to present employer, years worked for wages, and families visited regularly. Findings included: the actual number of weeks worked was the major variable in all total income equations; there was a statistical difference in the salaries between white farm laborers and those of blacks and Puerto Ricans; whites made larger yearly salaries in agricultural jobs while blacks and Puerto Ricans made larger yearly salaries in nonagricultural jobs; and age, years worked for present employer, and whether or not unemployment insurance was ever received were the next most important variables in explaining both agricultural and nonagricultural income. (NQ)

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