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Runyan, Jack L. – Rural Conditions and Trends, 1997
Hired farmworkers make up 1% of all U.S. workers but one-third of production agricultural workers. In 1996, compared to all workers, hired farmworkers earned significantly less and were more likely to be younger, never married, Hispanic, and noncitizens. Over half had not graduated from high school, and three-quarters of noncitizens had only an…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Farm Labor
