TABLE 1—

Characteristics of All Participants (N = 133) and of the Participants Eligible for Cervical (n = 82), Breast (n = 32), and Colon (n = 55) Cancer Screening

	All Participants	Eligible for Papanicolaou Test	Eligible For Mammography	Eligible For Colon Cancer Screening
Total number	133	82	32	55
Mean age, y (SD)a	42.9 (13.1)	35.0 (9.7)	44.7 (3.4)	55.4 (5.6)
Male, %	38	. . .	. . .	93
Race/ethnicity, %
African American	53	54	50	53
White	17	13	19	20
Latinob	11	13	13	5
Multipleb	9	11	13	7
Otherb	11	6	6	15
Born in United States, %	88	90	88	85
Insured, %	52	48	53	45
Lifetime years in jail/prison, median (IQR)	2.0 (0.8–6.0)	1.0 (0.5–5)	3.0 (0.8–5.9)	4.0 (2.0–14)
Days in jail this incarceration, median (IQR)	67 (36–167)	65 (38–139)	61 (26–173)	70 (34–220)

Note. SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range (25th to 75th percentile). Some participants were eligible for more than 1 screening test and are included in 2 or 3 of the samples.

^aThe mean and the median ages were similar.

^bLatino = Latino or Hispanic; multiple = multiple ethnicities; other = other ethnicities.