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. 2007 Jan 20;22(3):308–314. doi: 10.1007/s11606-006-0087-y

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and Breast Cancer Risk-Related Factors among a Multiethnic Sample of Women Receiving Screening Mammography, San Francisco Bay Area 2001–2002 (N = 1,700)

  Unweighted % (N)Weighted %
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age
40–49 29.0 (493) 33.1
50–59 58.4 (993) 57.9
60–74 12.6 (214) 9.0
Jewish heritage
Yes 10.1 (168) 11.6
Education
Grade school or middle school 3.7 (63) 3.3
Completed high school or vocational school 18.1 (304) 16.3
College or higher 78.2 (1318) 80.3
Language of interview
Chinese or Spanish 1.3 (192) 10.5
English 88.7 (508) 89.5
Access
Insurance and mammography facility
Academic hospital insured 35.7 (607) 37.2
Community hospital insured 13.5 (230) 12.5
Public hospital insured 3.1 (53) 3.0
Staff model HMO insured 42.6 (724) 42.5
Uninsured 4.2 (71) 4.0
Insurance information missing 0.9 (15) 0.8
At least one well-visit in past year
Yes 87.6 (1464) 86.3
Breast cancer risk factors
Self-reported history of breast biopsy or abnormal mammography
Yes 52.9 (895) 48.9
Body mass index
≤25 47.9 (798) 51.5
26–29 28.5 (476) 27.4
≥30 23.6 (393) 21.1
Risk perception and worry
Self-perception of 10-year risk of breast cancer
Higher than other same-age women 30.1 (487) 29.0
Same or lower than other same-age women 69.9 (1132) 71.0
Worry scale (mean, SD or SE)
  (Range 1–4) 1.3, SD = 0.42 1.3, SE=0.011
Clinician risk assessment
Clinician asked in the past year about general family cancer history
Yes 58.0 (971) 58.0
Clinician ever discussed health-related behaviors in relation to breast cancer risk
Yes 34.4 (582) 33.1