Table IV.

Relationships Between Independent Variables and Clinical Breast Examination (CBE) and Breast Self-Examination (BSE)

Demographic characteristics	Ever had a CBE (%)	CBE in previous year (%)	Heard about BSE (%)	Ever had a BSE (%)
Age (years)	P = 0.000		P = 0.000	P = 0.000
40–49	54.2	38.5	95.8	72.3
50–64	75.8	59.2	98.5	74.2
≥65	32.4	43.5	71.6	34.2
Marital status	P = 0.001		P = 0.000	P = 0.000
Not married	35.1	42.1	73.7	32.1
Married	61.1	51.9	93.1	69.2
Education	P = 0.000		P = 0.001	P = 0.014
≤High school graduate	39.8	50.0	79.6	49.5
>High school graduate	67.9	48.1	96.3	67.9
Employment status	P = 0.004			P = 0.013
Unemployed	46.1	48.3	84.4	52.0
Employed	68.3	52.5	93.3	71.2
Household income
<$55,000	41.4	37.5	90.2	56.1
≤$55,000	60.0	57.9	96.9	65.6
Length of residence in the United States (years)		P = 0.041
<20	49.4	38.1	85.9	59.0
≥20	56.3	58.9	88.4	57.3
Proportion of life spent in the United States	P = 0.023		P = 0.035
<25% in life	41.4	39.1	79.3	53.6
≥25% in life	59.4	53.3	91.4	60.9
English speaking			P = 0.019	P = 0.029
None/little	48.0	44.7	81.0	50.0
Some	51.9	61.5	92.3	61.5
Well/fluently	69.4	48.0	97.2	75.0
Health insurance				P = 0.046
Yes	54.5	47.4	86.9	54.2
No	48.8	60.0	88.4	71.4
Health status	P = 0.041			P = 0.032
Poor/fair	49.7	51.3	86.0	54.5
Good/excellent	70.0	42.9	93.3	75.9
Usual source of care		P = .038
No	47.3	30.8	90.9	66.7
Yes	55.4	57.1	86.2	54.3
Regular check-up		P = 0.004
More than 2 years ago (No)	44.4	25.0	85.2	62.3
Within past 2 years (Yes)	51.8	59.2	87.8	56.9