Table 1.
Composition and Descriptive Statistics for OCR†
| Independent Variable | N=4,076 | 10 (%) n=1,950 | 8–9 (%) n=1,555 | 0–7 (%) n=571 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predisposing | ||||
| Age category | ||||
| 65–70* | 1,537 | 44.5 | 41.5 | 13.9 |
| 71–75 | 1,054 | 50.5 | 36.1 | 13.2 |
| 76–80 | 804 | 48.1 | 38.1 | 13.6 |
| 81 and older | 681 | 50.6 | 33.6 | 15.7 |
| Acculturation index (mean)** | 4,076 | 84.3 | 87.8 | 83.2 |
| Married* | 2,100 | 45.6 | 41.1 | 13.3 |
| Single | 1,976 | 50.2 | 35.0 | 14.7 |
| Male**** | 1,220 | 39.8 | 44.2 | 15.9 |
| Female | 2,856 | 51.2 | 35.5 | 13.2 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic**** | 436 | 58.9 | 25.6 | 15.3 |
| Non-Hispanic white | 3,449 | 46.3 | 40.0 | 13.7 |
| Other race/ethnicity | 191 | 50.2 | 32.9 | 16.7 |
| Less than high school education**** | 1,071 | 56.3 | 26.8 | 16.8 |
| High school or more | 3,005 | 44.8 | 42.1 | 13.0 |
| Medical Skepticism | ||||
| Can overcome illness | 1,260 | 49.1 | 35.4 | 15.4 |
| Cannot overcome illness | 2,816 | 47.3 | 39.3 | 13.3 |
| Home remedies are better**** | 1,352 | 44.1 | 38.1 | 17.7 |
| Home remedies are not better | 2,724 | 49.7 | 38.1 | 12.1 |
| Own behavior determines health** | 2,645 | 48.8 | 37.9 | 13.1 |
| Own behavior does not determine health | 1,431 | 45.9 | 38.5 | 15.5 |
| Understand own health better***** | 2,106 | 44.1 | 38.7 | 17.1 |
| Does not understand own health better | 1,970 | 51.8 | 37.5 | 10.6 |
| Enabling | ||||
| Employed** | 567 | 42.8 | 42.6 | 14.4 |
| Not employed | 3,509 | 48.6 | 37.4 | 13.9 |
| Household Income | ||||
| $10,000 or less/year | 672 | 53.7 | 29.3 | 16.9 |
| $10,001–20,000/year | 814 | 46.8 | 39.8 | 13.3 |
| $20,001–30,000/year* | 611 | 45.5 | 41.9 | 12.6 |
| Greater than $30,000/year** | 1,025 | 42.4 | 46.1 | 11.4 |
| Did not report income | 954 | 51.8 | 31.9 | 16.1 |
| Insurance Status | ||||
| Uninsured | 130 | 53.0 | 25.3 | 21.5 |
| Medicare | 464 | 56.4 | 31.2 | 12.2 |
| Medicare plus other | 1,899 | 45.9 | 40.2 | 13.8 |
| Medicaid | 1,202 | 46.6 | 39.7 | 13.5 |
| Other private or government | 381 | 48.8 | 35.4 | 15.7 |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 2,368 | 48.4 | 37.9 | 13.6 |
| Frontier | 413 | 46.0 | 41.4 | 12.5 |
| Rural, nonfrontier | 1,295 | 47.2 | 37.5 | 15.2 |
| Mexican border county | 700 | 49.0 | 35.7 | 15.2 |
| Nonborder county | 3,376 | 47.6 | 38.7 | 13.7 |
| Need | ||||
| Hypertension (Yes) | 2,336 | 47.3 | 38.4 | 14.3 |
| (No) | 1,740 | 48.5 | 37.8 | 13.6 |
| Lung disease (Yes)*** | 793 | 45.1 | 37.1 | 17.8 |
| (No) | 3,283 | 48.4 | 38.4 | 13.1 |
| Arthritis (Yes)** | 2,698 | 46.1 | 39.4 | 14.5 |
| (No) | 1,378 | 51.3 | 35.7 | 12.9 |
| Stroke (Yes) | 328 | 47.8 | 34.7 | 17.3 |
| (No) | 3,748 | 47.8 | 38.4 | 13.7 |
| Myocardial infarction (Yes) | 503 | 47.7 | 38.7 | 13.5 |
| (No) | 3,573 | 47.8 | 38.0 | 14.0 |
| Diabetes (Yes) | 687 | 48.9 | 35.8 | 15.2 |
| (No) | 3,389 | 47.6 | 38.6 | 13.7 |
| Coronary heart disease (Yes) | 873 | 46.5 | 37.5 | 15.9 |
| (No) | 3,203 | 48.2 | 38.3 | 13.4 |
| SF-12 PCS (mean)**** | 4,076 | 41.6 | 39.7 | 37.2 |
| SF-12 MCS (mean)**** | 4,076 | 55.1 | 54.5 | 52.3 |
| Number of physician visits | ||||
| 0–1 | 1,139 | 52.9 | 34.1 | 12.9 |
| 2–4*** | 1,998 | 47.3 | 38.2 | 14.4 |
| 5 or more**** | 939 | 42.8 | 42.8 | 14.3 |
| Worry about health (Yes)**** | 1,836 | 39.5 | 42.6 | 17.8 |
| (No) | 2,240 | 54.6 | 34.4 | 10.8 |
†
Statistical tests are based upon univariate ordered logit regression analyses.
*
.10 significance level;
**
.05 significance level;
***
.01 significance level;
****
.001 significance level.