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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2007 Apr;119(4):e966–e975. doi: 10.1542/peds.2006-1683

TABLE 2.

Percentage of Male Subjects Reporting Physical Examination in Past Year by Enabling and Need Factors (N=1677)

Variables Total
Physical Examination in Past Year, %b P
Na %b
Enabling factors
 Mother’s education level
  ≤11th grade 384 14.7 55.7
  High school diploma or GED 668 42.5 69.3
  College or more 455 36.2 68.6c .005
  Missing 170 6.6
 Annual family income, $
  <10 000 202 6.5 58.2
  10 000–20 000 381 15.6 53.8
  20 000–30 000 320 18.2 67.9
  30 000–40 000 275 17.3 67.5
  40 000–50 000 162 13.3 73.1
  50 000–60 000 84 8.0 80.6
  >60 000 149 16.4 69.1c <.001
  Missing 104 4.7
 Health insurance
  No 307 14.6 33.9 (ref)
  Yes 1368 85.4 71.7 <.001
 School performance
  Well below and below average 166 8.0 48.1 .214
  Average 840 43.5 67.0 (ref)
  Above and well above average 665 48.0 68.0 .218
Need factors
 Serious illness or injury
  No 1387 83.7 66.3 (ref)
  Yes 289 16.3 65.2 .013
 Ever had sex
  No 552 40.2 69.2 (ref)
  Yes 1121 59.6 63.9 .200
 Ever had any STI
  No 1496 92.7 66.1 (ref)
  Yes 104 3.6 66.1 .568
 Comorbidity of risk behaviorsd
  ≤ 1 1346 78.0 67.9
  ≥ 2 293 20.3 60.1 .134

GED indicates general equivalency diploma; ref, reference; —, not applicable.

a

Data are unweighted.

b

Data are weighted.

c

Bivariate analysis was performed with predictor in the form of a continuous variable.

d

Data are the sum of involvement in risk behaviors, including ever used alcohol last year, tobacco use last year, cocaine use, ever picked up by police, and ever forced someone to have sex.