Beginning in 1999, as part of a NIOSH-sponsored supplement on occupational health, the NAWS expanded its questions on worksite sanitation and added questions on personal hygiene practices. All supplement questions were asked in 1999-2000; smaller sets of questions were asked in subsequent years. Almost all agricultural workers reported that their current farm employer made drinking water, toilets, and water for washing hands available on a daily basis. Of the small percentage of agricultural workers who reported not using the employer-provided toilets on a daily basis (3% in 1999-2000), eight in ten indicated that the bathroom was 'too far away' to use. In 2001-2002, almost a third (30%) of agricultural workers reported having had to go to the bathroom in the field or open air.
WASHING WATER — Do you use the water to wash your hands?
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Attention A T users. Data is presented in three formats, a bar chart, a textual data table, and a line chart. The data is best reviewed though the data table when using A T.
Data Table — Do you use the water to wash your hands?2
| Category | 99-00 | |
|---|---|---|
| # | % | |
| No, do not use it to wash hands | 64 | 1% |
| Yes, use it to wash hands | 6,393 | 99% |
| Yes wash, before the toilet | 1,045 | 15% |
| Yes wash, after the toilet | 4,749 | 74% |
| Yes wash, before eating | 5,521 | 87% |
| Yes wash, before beginning work | 617 | 8% |
| Yes wash, before leaving work | 2,396 | 34% |
| Yes wash, other | 181 | 3% |
1 Question was last asked in 2008.
2 Question was asked in 1999 and 2000 only. A dash (“-“) indicates that the question was not asked during the corresponding time period.
3 Question was asked in 1999 through 2001; the 01-02 column contains data for 2001 only.
a Estimates with relative standard errors (RSEs) greater than 30 percent but no more than 50 percent are published but should be used with caution.
b Estimates based on fewer than four responses or with RSEs greater than 50 percent are considered statistically unreliable and are suppressed.