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Table 3 Adjusted population percentages and 95% CIs of U.S. workers undergoing cancer tests, 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

Characteristics

Mammography (n = 2,545)

Pap Test (n = 4,505)

Endoscopy (n = 3,210)

Home FOBT (n = 3,194)

 

PM*

95% CI

P**

PM*

95% CI

P**

PM*

95% CI

P**

PM*

95% CI

P**

Sick leave

            

 Yes

83.3

81.2-85.2

<0.001

91.9

90.6-93.0

<0.04

52.5

49.9-55.0

<0.001

9.3

8.0-10.9

0.83

 No

77.0

72.9-79.9

 

89.9

88.1-91.4

 

43.5

40.1-47.1

 

9.6

7.7-11.8

 

Age years

            

 18-29

-

 

0.29

97.0

95.5-98.0

<0.001

-

 

<0.001

-

 

<0.001

 30-39

-

  

91.6

89.7-93.1

 

-

  

-

  

 40-49

79.6

76.6-82.3

 

88.4

86.2-90.3

 

-

  

-

  

 50-59

81.5

78.7-83.1

 

87.3

84.3-89.8

 

46.0

43.5-48.6

 

7.8

6.6-9.2

 

 60-69

84.4

81.2-88.0

 

83.1

78.2-87.0

 

56.9

53.0-60.6

 

12.7

10.4-15.3

 

 70+

84.0

74.2-90.4

 

70.1

55.5-81.5

 

60.7

52.7-68.2

 

13.7

9.5-19.4

 

Race/ethnicity

            

 Hispanic

80.7

77.0-84.0

0.48

90.4

88.0-92.3

0.90

49.2

44.9-53.6

0.79

9.4

7.3-12.2

0.69

 Non-Hispanic White

80.8

78.3-83.1

 

92.2

90.9-93.4

 

50.5

47.6-53.4

 

9.6

8.1-11.3

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

81.2

76.1-85.4

 

88.0

84.6-90.7

 

46.5

40.9-52.2

 

7.9

5.5-11.3

 

 Non-Hispanic Asian

87.3

80.3-92.1

 

90.9

86.7-93.8

 

51.3

42.9-59.6

 

10.4

6.0-17.4

 

 Non-Hispanic Other

81.9

64.6-91.9

 

94.1

85.5-97.7

 

48.2

31.9-64.8

 

14.8

6.6-30.0

 

Marital status

            

 Never married

77.7

71.6-82.8

0.00

91.5

89.1-93.5

0.01

42.5

36.0-49.2

0.002

9.1

6.1-13.3

0.02

 Married/partnered

83.2

80.9-85.3

 

92.0

90.6-93.1

 

51.7

49.0-54.3

 

8.5

7.2-10.1

 

 Widowed/Divorced

77.1

74.0-80.0

 

88.2

85.8-90.2

 

44.8

41.4-48.2

 

12.2

10.2-14.7

 

Education

            

 < high school

80.5

77.5-83.2

0.08

91.8

90.0-93.3

0.70

49.8

46.1-53.5

0.51

10.2

8.3-12.6

0.80

 High school/GED

79.8

75.7-83.4

 

90.9

88.7-92.7

 

50.3

46.1-54.5

 

8.9

6.7-11.8

 

 Some college

84.3

80.5-87.6

 

91.4

89.1-93.2

 

49.4

44.9-53.9

 

8.6

6.5-11.3

 

 College graduate

77.8

72.2-82.5

 

89.7

87.1-91.9

 

46.0

41.0-51.2

 

8.9

6.5-12.0

 

 missing

86.5

80.5-91.0

 

91.4

88.0-94.0

 

53.6

46.9-60.2

 

10.4

7.2-14.9

 

Poverty ratio

            

 < 100%

84.0

78.3-88.4

0.20

92.1

88.8-94.5

0.71

43.3

37.3-49.4

0.12

6.7

4.4-10.1

0.14

 100% to <200%

76.7

71.6-81.1

 

89.9

87.3-92.0

 

52.1

46.5-57.6

 

11.5

8.5-15.3

 

 200% to <400%

82.2

78.9-85.1

 

91.3

89.3-93.0

 

52.0

47.7-56.3

 

10.4

8.1-13.4

 

 400% or more

82.4

79.1-85.3

 

90.8

89.0-92.3

 

49.8

46.1-53.4

 

9.7

7.6-12.2

 

 Unknown

80.5

76.5-84.1

 

91.7

89.5-93.5

 

48.2

43.5-52.9

 

7.9

5.9-10.6

 

Health insurance

            

 Private

80.4

76.9-83.5

0.25

90.4

88.3-92.1

0.2

48.2

44.6-51.8

0.44

9.9

7.9-12.2

0.76

 Public only

79.4

75.1-83.2

 

91.8

89.6-93.6

 

51.6

47.1-55.9

 

8.9

7.0-11.2

 

 Public and Private

84.4

81.4-87.0

 

90.7

88.6-92.4

 

51.1

47.1-55.1

 

10.1

7.8-12.9

 

 Not covered

80.0

75.6-83.9

 

91.9

89.6-93.7

 

46.7

41.8-51.6

 

8.2

6.0-11.1

 

 Unknown

78.1

50.6-92.5

 

97.3

91.9-99.1

 

51.0

32.5-69.2

 

6.9

2.0-20.8

***

Usual Source of Care

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

 Yes

82.7

81.0-84.3

 

93.5

92.6-94.3

 

51.7

49.5-53.9

 

10.0

8.9-11.4

 

 No

57.1

47.5-66.2

 

68.8

63.8-73.5

 

20.6

15.5-26.8

 

2.0

0.75-5.2

***

  1. FOBT, fecal occult blood test; CI, confidence interval;
  2. Mammography in past 2 years, women age > 39 home FOBT, adult workers in past year, age > 49 screening endoscopy, adult workers within past 5 years for flexible sigmoidoscopy or 10 years for colonoscopy.
  3. *PM, predicted marginals from multivariate logistic models including all variables in Table 3.
  4. p** values are based on an overall Wald F Chi Square test for association from multivariate logistic regression models.
  5. *** relative standard error is greater than 30%, interpret estimate with caution.