A few of the CAWHS PE Sample findings can be directly compared with newly reported occupational health findings among a national cross-section of hired crop farm workers who participated in the NAWS in 1999 [U.S., CDC/NIOSH,
2009]. Self-reported dermatitis among participants in the
NAWS 1999 occupational health supplement had a preva- lence of 7%, which compares with a prevalence of 11% among males and 5% among females, as directly determined by clinic staff, in the CAWHS PE Sample. The self-reported prevalence of alcohol consumption during the 1-month period prior to the interview among participants in the NAWS survey was 50%. The self-reported prevalence of regular alcohol consumption in the CAWHS PE Sample was 64% among males and 13% among females.