Table 1: Sociodemographic characteristics of 787 migrant farm workers repatriated for health-related reasons, Ontario, 2001–2011
CharacteristicNo. workers (%)Total, no. (%)
n = 787
2001
n = 74
2002
n = 112
2003
n = 119
2004
n = 90
2005
n = 77
2006
n = 67
2007
n = 51
2008
n = 68
2009
n = 56
2010
n = 38
2011
n = 35
Age, yr*
20–298(10.8)17(15.2)24(20.2)18(20.0)19(24.7)12(17.9)7(13.7)10(14.7)8(14.3)5(13.2)6(17.1)134(17.0)
30–3921(28.4)49(43.8)43(36.1)31(34.4)31(40.3)30(44.8)26(51.0)27(39.7)24(42.9)14(36.8)15(42.9)311(39.5)
40–4921(28.4)27(24.1)40(33.6)29(32.2)19(24.7)19(28.3)16(31.4)22(32.4)19(33.9)10(26.3)10(28.6)232(29.5)
≥ 507(9.5)11(9.8)11(9.2)12(13.3)8(10.4)6(8.9)2(3.9)9(13.2)5(8.9)9(23.7)4(11.4)82(10.4)
Country of origin
Barbados7(9.5)8(7.1)5(4.2)7(7.8)3(3.9)000001(2.9)31(3.9)
Eastern Caribbean†3(4.1)3(2.7)01(1.1)4(5.2)2(3.0)2(3.9)2(2.9)4(7.1)4(10.5)2(5.7)27(3.4)
Jamaica27(36.5)28(25.0)43(36.1)30(33.3)30(39.0)23(34.3)14(27.5)26(38.2)22(39.3)16(42.1)13(37.1)272(34.6)
Mexico24(32.4)61(54.5)62(52.1)47(52.2)32(41.6)35(52.2)33(64.7)36(52.9)24(42.9)15(39.4)11(31.4)380(48.3)
Trinidad and Tobago13(17.6)12(10.7)9(7.6)5(5.6)8(10.4)7(10.4)2(3.9)4(5.9)6(10.7)3(7.9)8(22.9)77(9.8)

*For 2001–2003, totals do not equal 100% because of missing data.
†East Caribbean includes Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.