Table 1 Descriptive summary of demographic characteristics and beliefs among participants (N = 132)

Age

18–75

43.3 (14.0);18–75

43.7 (13.0); 19–70

43.0 (14.8); 18–75

.75

Sex

.029

 Male

23 (17.4%)

15 (25.4%)

8 (11.0%)

 Female

109 (82.6%)

44 (74.6%)

65 (89.0%)

Education

 High school

31 (23.5%)

7 (11.9%)

24 (32.9%)

 Some college

34 (25.8%)

13 (22.0%)

2 (28.8%)

 College graduate

32 (24.2%)

16 (27.1%)

16 (21.9%)

 Graduate school

35 (26.5%)

23 (34.0%)

12 (16.4%)

Insurance status

.24

 Insured

101 (76.5%)

48 (81.4%)

53 (72.6%)

 Uninsured

31 (23.5%)

11 (18.6%)

20 (27.4%)

Beliefs

 Religiosity

10–50

34.5 (11.0)

38.4 (8.2)

31.5 (12.0)

 < .001

Fatalism items

 There’s not much you can do to lower your chances of getting cancer

.21

  Agree

21 (15.9%)

12 (20.3%)

9 (12.3%)

  Disagree

111 (84.1%)

47 (79.7%)

64 (84.7%)

 When I think of cancer, I automatically think of death

.97

  Agree

36 (27.3%)

16 (27.1%)

20 (27.4%)

  Disagree

96 (72.7%)

43 (72.9)

53 (72.6%)

Temporal orientation

 Future orientation

1–5

4.0 (0.9)

4.0 (1.1)

4.0 (0.8)

.73

 Present orientation

4–20

9.4 (3.5)

8.9 (3.6)

9.9 (3.5)

.11

 Acculturation

1–4

2.3 (0.5)

2.2 (0.5)

2.4 (0.5)

.004

Screening

 Pap screening (n = 109 eligible)

.97

  Yes

70 (64.2%)

29 (64.4%)

41 (64.1%)

  No

39 (35.8%)

16 (35.6%)

23 (35.9%)

 Mammography screening (n = 49 eligible)

.92

  Yes

40 (81.6%)

17 (80.9%)

23 (82.1%)

  No

9 (18.4%)

4 (19.0%)

5 (17.9%)

 Colonoscopy screening (n = 45 eligible)

.001

  Yes

32 (71.1%)

10 (47.6%)

22 (91.7%)

  No

13 (28.9%)

11 (52.4%)

2 (8.3%)