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Table 3 Unadjusted and adjusted associations among demographic, beliefs and having ever had a mammogram among eligible study participants (n = 49)

From: Beliefs associated with cancer screening behaviors among African Americans and Sub-Saharan African immigrant adults: a cross-sectional study

 

Ever had a mammogram

 

Unadjusted

p

Adjusted (n = 49)

P

Yes (n = 40)

Mean (SD); or n (%)

No (n = 9)

Mean (SD); or n (%)

Odds ratio (OR)

95% CI for OR

Age

52.9 (8.2)

44.4 (3.2)

 < .001

1.57

1.06 – 2.32

.024

Nativity

  

.92

  

.66

 Sub-Saharan African immigrant

23 (57.5%)

5 (55.6%)

 

1.75

0.14 – 21.92

 

 African American

17 (42.5%)

4 (44.4%)

 

1.00

  

Education

  

.53

1.21

0.40 – 3.70

.73

 High school

9 (22.5%)

2 (22.2%)

    

 Some college

8 (20.0%)

2 (22.2%)

    

 College graduate

10 (25.0%)

4 (44.4%)

    

 Graduate school

13 (32.5%)

1 (11.1%)

    

Insurance status

  

.64

0.05

 < 0.01 – 219.38

.49

 Insured

33 (82.5%)

8 (88.9%)

    

 Uninsured

7 (17.5%)

1 (11.1%)

    

Religiosity (10–50)

37.6 (11.0)

37.9 (8.4)

.95

  

–

Cancer fatalism items

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

  Agree

6 (15.0%)

1 (11.1%)

.99

  

–

  Disagree

34 (85.0%)

8 (88.9%)

    

 When I think of cancer, I automatically think of death

  

.57

  

–

  Agree

3 (7.5%)

1 (11.1%)

    

  Disagree

37 (92.5%)

8 (88.9%)

    

Temporal orientation

 Future orientation (1–5)

3.9 (1.1)

3.6 (1.2)

.41

  

–

 Present orientation (4–20)

8.4 (2.9)

12.3 (3.2)

 < .001

0.42

0.22 – 0.80

.009

 Acculturation (1–4)

2.2 (0.4)

2.3 (0.5)

.57

  

–

  1. The regression model was restricted to demographic characteristics and those beliefs significant in the bivariate (unadjusted) analysis