In general, females reported higher frequencies of perceived
work-related MSD in seven out of nine different
body parts than their male counterparts (Table 2). Female
farmers and workers both reported significantly
higher frequencies of MSD in the neck (48% and 56%,
respectively) and in the hands/wrists (44% and 61%, respectively)
than their male colleagues (24% and 5%; 10%
and 21%, respectively).