TABLE 3—
Odds Ratios for Receipt of Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening, by Language Spoken, Race/Ethnicity, and Site: Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN), Oakland, Los Angeles, Newark, 1997–2002
| Receipt of Indicated Screening, OR (95% CI) | ||||||
| Oaklandc | Los Angelesd | Newarke | ||||
| Model 1a | Model 4b | Model 1 | Model 4 | Model 1 | Model 4 | |
| Papanicolaou testing | ||||||
| Language spoken | ||||||
| No English | 0.56 (0.36, 0.85) | 0.57 (0.31, 1.06) | 0.28 (0.19, 0.41) | 0.45 (0.25, 0.80) | 0.53 (0.36, 0.78) | 0.64 (0.38, 1.06) |
| Another language more fluently than English | 0.69 (0.41, 1.14) | 0.67 (0.38, 1.19) | 0.19 (0.09, 0.41) | 0.26 (0.12, 0.58) | 0.60 (0.29, 1.26) | 0.67 (0.30, 1.51) |
| Only English, or English and another language equally well | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Race/ethnicityf | ||||||
| Chinese | 0.56 (0.58, 0.99) | 0.78 (0.57, 1.09) | ||||
| Japanese | 0.86 (0.63, 1.17) | 0.93 (0.67, 1.31) | ||||
| Hispanic | 1.03 (0.65, 1.61) | 1.36 (0.72, 2.59) | ||||
| White | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Clinical breast examination | ||||||
| Language spoken | ||||||
| No English | 0.69 (0.44, 1.08) | 0.76 (0.41, 1.41) | 0.27 (0.18, 0.39) | 0.44 (0.25, 0.79) | 0.58 (0.37, 0.88) | 0.65 (0.38, 1.10) |
| Another language more fluently than English | 0.76 (0.46, 1.26) | 0.79 (0.43, 1.43) | 0.20 (0.09, 0.41) | 0.30 (0.10, 0.88) | 0.84 (0.36, 1.97) | 0.90 (0.39, 2.08) |
| Only English, or English and another language equally well | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Race/ethnicityf | ||||||
| Chinese | 0.73 (0.55, 0.96) | 0.74 (0.53, 1.04) | ||||
| Japanese | 0.78 (0.57, 1.07) | 0.82 (0.59, 1.14) | ||||
| Hispanic | 0.93 (0.57, 1.52) | 1.23 (0.62, 2.44) | ||||
| White | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Mammography | ||||||
| Language spoken | ||||||
| No English | 1.24 (0.77, 1.99) | 1.00 (0.54, 1.87) | 0.38 (0.27, 0.55) | 0.67 (0.39, 1.17) | 0.73 (0.48, 1.11) | 0.88 (0.51, 1.50) |
| Another language more fluently than English | 1.08 (0.69, 1.68) | 1.01 (0.61, 1.67) | 0.36 (0.15, 0.82) | 0.60 (0.20, 1.82) | 1.19 (0.58, 2.42) | 1.38 (0.70, 2.71) |
| Only English, or English and another language equally well | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Race/ethnicityf | ||||||
| Chinese | 0.69 (0.53, 0.88) | 0.68 (0.50, 0.92) | ||||
| Japanese | 0.91 (0.69, 1.20) | 0.97 (0.72, 1.30) | ||||
| Hispanic | 1.14 (0.72, 1.82) | 1.39 (0.76, 2.52) | ||||
| White | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.
aModel 1 was adjusted for age and race/ethnicity.
bModel 4 was adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, education, income, insurance status, marital status, report of stressful money problems, number of hospitalizations and times spoken to a physician in the past year, US nativity, and years lived in the United States.
cSite only recruited White women and Chinese women.
dSite only recruited White women and Japanese women.
eSite only recruited White women and Hispanic women.
fComparison between White women and women of each ethnic group who report speaking English only or another language equally as well as English.