Estimating farmworker population size in New York State using a minimum labor demand method

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 335-345

  Earle Richardson, Giulia ^a   Jenkins, Paul L ^b   Stack, Suzanne ^a   Sorensen, Julie A ^a   Larson, Alice ^c   May, John J ^a  

^a BASSETT HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b BASSETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Larson Assistance Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Farmworker estimates; Geographic distribution; Migrant farmworkers; Seasonal farmworkers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS; FARMWORKER ESTIMATES; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MIGRANT FARMWORKERS; SEASONAL FARMWORKERS;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; HARVESTING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

PERSONNEL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MIGRATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REGISTER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

AGRICULTURE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW YORK; REGISTRIES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 24144473967     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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