African American Afro-Caribbean
  Adherent Non-Adherent   Adherent Non-Adherent  
  N % N % p-value N % N % p-value
Age         0.000         0.777
under 40 148 68.2% 69 31.8%   36 63.2% 21 36.8%  
40 - 49 123 56.4% 95 43.6%   37 61.7% 23 38.3%  
50 - 59 151 62.1% 92 37.9%   38 66.7% 19 33.3%  
60 - 69 201 72.8% 75 27.2%   23 60.5% 15 39.5%  
70 and over 118 49.6% 120 50.4%   18 52.9% 16 47.1%  
Assistance with free or low cost screening         0.000         0.001
Yes 142 47.3% 158 52.7%   31 43.7% 40 56.3%  
No 686 65.5% 361 34.5%   143 66.5% 72 33.5%  
Have you ever examined your own breasts?         0.000         0.018
Yes 755 64.2% 421 35.8%   157 63.6% 90 36.4%  
No 71 44.1% 90 55.9%   16 43.2% 21 56.8%  
BSE Adherence         0.002         0.188
Adherent 250 67.9% 118 32.1%   46 67.6% 22 32.4%  
Non-Adherent 574 58.6% 405 41.4%   128 58.7% 90 41.3%  
Have you ever had a clinical breast exam?         0.000         0.000
Yes 824 66.8% 410 33.2%   174 68.0% 82 32.0%  
No 4 3.8% 100 96.2%   0 0.0% 27 100.0%  
Have you ever had a mammogram?         0.000         0.001
Yes 715 64.9% 387 35.1%   148 65.8% 77 34.2%  
No 112 47.1% 126 52.9%   26 42.6% 35 57.4%  
Mammography Adherence         0.000         0.000
Adherent 571 89.5% 67 10.5%   114 91.9% 10 8.1%  
Non-Adherent 106 21.5% 386 78.5%   24 22.9% 81 77.1%  
When you think about getting breast cancer, how worried do you get?         0.357         0.714
not at all/a little worried 347 65.2% 185 34.8%   65 60.7% 42 39.3%  
somewhat/very worried 404 62.6% 241 37.4%   97 63.0% 57 37.0%  
People of my ethnic group should be suspicious of modern medicine         0.736         0.027
strongly disagree / disagree 505 64.2% 282 35.8%   116 68.6% 53 31.4%  
agree / strongly agree 212 65.2% 113 34.8%   41 53.9% 35 46.1%  
I rely on God to keep me in good health         0.379         0.997
strongly disagree / disagree 183 66.3% 93 33.7%   30 63.8% 17 36.2%  
agree / strongly agree 540 63.4% 312 36.6%   129 63.9% 73 36.1%  
Table 4: Unadjusted clinical breast exam adherence by participant characteristics.