Table 3.

Percentage of Latina Immigrants Who were Adherent to Recent Mammography vs. non-adherent According to Personal and Health-care Related Factors (N = 168)

	Total	Adherence to recent mammography	Non-adherence to recent mammography	P-value
	N	%	%
Age (m = 51.60; SD 8.9)
40–44	39	59.4	40.6	.03
45–49	42	70.7	29.3
50+	87	82.8	17.2
Education (highest completed)
High school diploma or less	88	68.2	31.8	.03
Some college or more	80	82.7	17.3
Region of birth
South America	97	75.5	24.5	.74
North America (Mexico)	19	81.2	18.7
Central America	52	72.0	28.0
Language
Monolingual (Spanish only)	125	73.3	26.7	.27
Other (English and Spanish)	42	82.0	18.0
Marital status
Married/living as married	95	53.7	65.9	.15
Single (divorced, widowed)	72	46.3	34.1
Insurance
Yes	71	86.8	13.2	.00
No	95	65.6	34.4
Perceived health-care racism
Agree — strongly agree	86	79.0	21.0	.29
Disagree — strongly disagree	81	71.8	28.2
Experienced discrimination
Yes	68	82.3	17.7	.13
No	98	71.9	28.1
Perceived risk of breast cancer
Not likely	52	25.0	75.0	.20
Unsure	10	30.0	70.0
Somewhat likely	96	28.1	71.9
Very likely	8	.0	100
Definitely	1	100	.0
Overall trust in providers
High trust	89	72.3	27.7	.40
Low trust	75	78.1	21.9
Rating of doctor’s explanation of health problems
Poor — fair	35	73.5	26.5	.78
Good — excellent	131	75.8	24.2
How often you leave office with unanswered questions
Always — some of the time	55	78.8	21.1	.45
Never — almost never	109	73.3	26.7
Length of medical relationship
<2 years	67	66.7	33.3	.07
>2 years	101	79.6	20.4
Satisfaction with health-care relationship
Mid — very high	100	83.3	16.7	.00
Low — very low	66	62.9	37.1

Note: Adherence is defined as self-reported receipt of a mammogram within the past 2 years