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Table 2 Percentages and 95% CIs of U.S. workers undergoing cancer tests and medical care-seeking by paid sick leave, NHIS, 2008

From: The lack of paid sick leave as a barrier to cancer screening and medical care-seeking: results from the National Health Interview Survey

  

Paid Sick Leave

 

Cancer test

n

Has sick leave

Doesn't have sick leave

p*

  

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

 

Mammography

2,555

83.6

81.5-85.5

75.8

72.1-79.2

<0.001

Pap Test

5,218

89.9

88.7-91.0

86.4

84.5-88.1

<0.001

Endoscopy

3,224

52.7

50.1-55.3

43.1

39.7-46.5

<0.001

Home FOBT

3,208

9.2

7.8-10.8

9.7

7.9-11.9

0.68

# physician visits

11,504

84.0

82.8-85.2

72.0

70.3-73.7

<0.001

 in past year

      

Seen doctor in

11,533

69.1

67.6-70.4

57.9

56.1-59.8

<0.001

 past year

      
  1. FOBT, fecal occult blood test; CI, confidence interval;
  2. Mammography within past 2 years, women age >39.
  3. Endoscopy for adult workers within past 5 years for flexible sigmoidoscopy or 10 years for colonoscopy.
  4. Home FOBT for adult workers within past year age > 49.
  5. # physician visits and seen doctor in past 12 months for all workers.
  6. p* values are based on an chi square test for association.