|
|
Ethnic/racial group (N) |
|
| Variable |
Level |
Hispanic (126) |
Non-Hispanic White (132) |
Non-Hispanic Black (198) |
Others (14) |
p-value† |
| Age (mean) |
|
58.6 |
55.8 |
55.6 |
57.7 |
0.004 |
| Gender |
Female |
65.1% |
60.0% |
65.7% |
57.1% |
0.67 |
| Marital status |
Married or with partners |
56.4% |
22.7% |
24.2% |
42.9% |
<0.0001 |
| Divorced or separated |
26.2% |
43.9% |
37.9% |
35.7% |
| Others |
17.5% |
33.3% |
37.9% |
21.4% |
| Education |
High School /GED or below |
88.1% |
41.7% |
54.0% |
57.1% |
<0.0001 |
| Employment |
Full/part-time or seasonal |
31.0% |
22.7% |
33.3% |
28.6% |
<0.0001 |
| Look for a job, work at home, student, or retired |
65.1% |
50.8% |
47.0% |
35.7% |
| disabled |
4.0% |
26.5% |
19.7% |
35.7% |
| Insured |
No |
86.5% |
81.8% |
67.2% |
71.4% |
0.0003 |
| Having a regular doctor? |
No |
23.0% |
25.8% |
26.3% |
21.4% |
0.90 |
| General health |
Fair/poor |
65.9% |
46.2% |
41.4% |
50.0% |
0.0002 |
| Good, very good, excellent |
34.1% |
53.8% |
58.6% |
50.0% |
| Diabetes |
Yes |
46.0% |
23.5% |
27.8% |
28.6% |
0.0005 |
| High blood pressure |
Yes |
50.0% |
58.3% |
64.7% |
50.0% |
0.06 |
| Heart disease |
Yes |
6.4% |
10.6% |
7.1% |
7.1% |
0.58 |
| Asthma |
Yes |
7.1% |
19.7% |
17.7% |
14.3% |
0.026 |
| Fatalism score (mean) |
|
23.6 |
25.1 |
23.7 |
23.9 |
<0.0001 |
| Perceived risk of getting colon cancer |
Low |
55.6% |
40.9% |
53.0% |
57.1% |
0.023 |
| Moderate |
34.1% |
53.0% |
43.4% |
35.7% |
| High |
10.3% |
6.1% |
3.5% |
7.1% |
| Perceived risk of getting colon cancer compared to people at same age |
More likely |
15.9% |
13.6% |
11.1% |
21.4% |
<0.0001 |
| About the same |
61.1% |
62.9% |
40.9% |
28.6% |
| Less likely |
23.0% |
23.5% |
48.0% |
50.0% |
| How often do you worry about getting colon cancer |
Rarely or never |
36.5% |
47.0% |
58.6% |
57.1% |
0.002 |
| Sometimes |
47.6% |
46.2% |
35.4% |
35.7% |
| Often or all the time |
15.9% |
6.8% |
6.1% |
7.1% |
| Perceived risk score (mean) |
|
5.27 |
5.15 |
4.61 |
4.71 |
<0.0001 |
| Self efficacy |
Very likely |
49.2% |
56.8% |
59.1% |
71.4% |
0.07‡ |
| Likely |
27.0% |
31.8% |
28.3% |
21.4% |
| Unlikely |
3.2% |
0.8% |
2.5% |
0 |
| Very unlikely |
4.0% |
2.3% |
3.0% |
0 |
| Don’t know |
16.7% |
8.3% |
7.1% |
7.1% |
| Doctor recommended CRC? |
Yes |
53.2% |
54.6% |
48.5% |
57.1% |
0.68 |
| Colonoscopy barrier scores § |
|
2.01 (94) |
1.98 (87) |
1.98 (136) |
2.03 (10) |
0.98 |
| FOBT barrier scores § |
|
1.79 (46) |
1.72 (56) |
1.62 (77) |
2.61 (3) |
0.43 |
† Chi-squared test except age, fatalism score, and perceived risk score (Mann-Whitney test)
‡ collapsing “unlikely”, “very unlikely”, and “Don’t know” into one category
§ mean score (sample size) |
