TABLE 1.
Percentage of Male Subjects Reporting Physical Examination in Past Year by Predisposing Factors (N=1677)
| Variables | Total
|
Physical Examination in Past Year, %b | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Na | %b | |||
| Health care use | ||||
| Last physical examination by regular care provider | ||||
| ≥12 mo | 602 | 33.8 | — | — |
| ≤12 mo | 1067 | 66.0 | — | — |
| Lost to follow-up | 211 | — | — | — |
| Overall | 1677 | 100 | 66.1 | — |
| Predisposing factors | ||||
| Demographics | ||||
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 675 | 73.2 | 68.6 (ref) | — |
| Non-Hispanic black | 608 | 14.5 | 62.8 | .596 |
| Hispanic | 340 | 9.3 | 53.8 | .007 |
| Other race | 54 | 3.0 | 60.0 | .287 |
| Region of residence | ||||
| Northeast | 287 | 19.0 | 74.4 (ref) | — |
| South | 798 | 37.4 | 60.9 | <.001 |
| Midwest | 308 | 23.7 | 69.8c | .101 |
| West | 284 | 19.9 | 63.8 | .007 |
| Urbanicity | ||||
| Nonurban | 527 | 35.5 | 66.6 (ref) | — |
| Urban | 1150 | 64.5 | 65.3 | .638 |
| Age, y | ||||
| 15 | 362 | 20.1 | 72.3 (ref) | — |
| 16 | 359 | 19.6 | 70.1 | .412 |
| 17 | 371 | 21.8 | 65.7 | .168 |
| 18 | 345 | 23.4 | 60.7 | .066 |
| 19 | 239 | 15.1 | 62.1 | .009 |
| Family composition at age 14 | ||||
| Single-parent household | 466 | 20.8 | 55.9 (ref) | — |
| 2-parent household | 1209 | 79.1 | 68.9 | .015 |
| Reproductive health information | ||||
| Parental communication about reproductive health | ||||
| No communication | 398 | 22.0 | 55.6 (ref) | — |
| Communication with only 1 parent | 543 | 26.3 | 59.8 | .360 |
| Communication with both parents | 728 | 51.4 | 73.7d | <.001 |
| Hours of sex education | ||||
| ≤5 | 607 | 44.5 | 61.7 (ref) | — |
| ≥6 | 1070 | 53.3 | 69.4 | .052 |
| Attitudes and beliefs | ||||
| Beliefs about masculinity | ||||
| Less traditional beliefs | 372 | 22.2 | 68.8 | .981 |
| Neutral beliefs | 1104 | 65.9 | 66.9 (ref) | — |
| More traditional beliefs | 197 | 11.8 | 51.3e | <.001 |
— indicates not applicable; ref, reference.
a
Data are unweighted.
b
Data are weighted.
c
Data show a significant difference between Midwest and South (P<.05).
d
Data show a significant difference between communication with both and 1 parent (P<.05).
e
Data show a significant difference between male subjects with more and less traditional beliefs.