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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol. 2019 Mar 21;60:39–45. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2019.03.003

Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics.

Breast Cancer Screening Cervical Cancer Screening Colorectal Cancer Screening Prostate Cancer Screening
Unweighted n = 2,262 Unweighted n = 2,960 Unweighted n = 2,239 Unweighted n = 802
Age, M (SE) 52.93 (0.38) 44.26 (0.45) 59.41 (0.23) 59.33 (0.33)
Female, % 100% 100% 56% 0%
U.S. Born, % 9% 16% 7% 9%
Have Health Insurance, % 55% 52% 59% 59%
Income, %
 Less than $10,000 25% 20% 24% 21%
 $10,001-$20,000 34% 36% 34% 32%
 $20,001-$40,000 28% 30% 28% 29%
 $40,001-$75,000 8% 9% 8% 10%
 More than $75,000 5% 4% 6% 7%
Years of Education, M (SE) 11.30 (0.16) 11.71 (0.13) 11.00 (0.17) 11.32 (0.24)
Adherently Screening, % 71% 74% 58% 35%
Cancer Fatalism, %
 (“There’s not much you can do to lower your chances of getting cancer”)
 Strongly agree 18% 15% 21% 20%
 Somewhat agree 26% 27% 26% 27%
 Somewhat disagree 30% 30% 28% 27%
 Strongly disagree 27% 28% 26% 26%
SASH Social Relations, M, (SE) 2.13 (0.03) 2.18 (0.02) 34.97 (0.30) 2.15 (0.03)
SASH Language, M, (SE) 1.70 (0.04) 1.90 (0.04) 1.72 (0.05) 1.83 (0.07)
Hispanic/Latino Background, %
 Dominican 13% 13% 10% 9%
 Central American 7% 8% 7% 6%
 Cuban 22% 19% 29% 32%
 Mexican 33% 37% 27% 25%
 Puerto Rican 17% 15% 20% 20%
 South American 6% 5% 6% 6%
 More than one/Other 2% 3% 1% 1%
Study Center, %
 Bronx 31% 32% 29% 28%
 Chicago 12% 15% 12% 13%
 Miami 33% 29% 39% 40%
 San Diego 24% 24% 21% 19%

Note: Percentages, means, and standard deviations reflect weighted population estimates.