Table 2.

Sample characteristics-CHIS 2001-Los Angeles County women aged 40–84 (n = 4,249)

Patient characteristics
Sociodemographics	Number (%)
Race/ethnicity
Latina	750 (17.7)
Black	492 (11.6)
Asian/Pacific Islander	517 (12.2)
Other	162 (3.8)
White	2,328 (54.7)
Age
40–49	1,553 (36.5)
50–64	1,560 (36.7)
65–74	639 (15.0)
75–84	497 (11.7)
Education
<High school	681 (16.0)
High school graduate or GED	1,017 (23.9)
Some college/technical school	1,200 (28.2)
College or more	1,351 (31.8)
Household income—midpoint categories
$3,000	165 (3.9)
$8,000	390 (9.2)
$13,000	372 (8.8)
$18,000	432 (10.2)
$25,000	489 (11.5)
$35,000	429 (10.1)
$45,000	403 (9.5)
$55,000	262 (6.2)
$65,000	228 (5.4)
$75,000	227 (5.3)
$85,000	147 (3.5)
$95,000	145 (3.4)
$118,000	223 (5.2)
$168,000	337 (7.9)
Marital status
Married or living with partner	2,209 (52.0)
Divorced, separated, widowed, never married	2,040 (48.0)
English proficiency
Not at all/not very well	693 (16.3)
Very well/English only	3,556 (83.7)
Health and health care access
History of breast cancer
No	3,782 (89.0)
Yes	467 (11.0)
Self-rated health
Poor/fair	1,032 (24.3)
Good	1,247 (29.3)
Very good/excellent	1,970 (46.4)
Usual source of care
No	317 (7.5)
Yes	3,932 (92.5)
Insurance status
No	612 (14.4)
Yes	3,637 (85.6)
Social context/community level
Person-centered access (distance/GIS variables)
Nearest mammography facility (Euclidean)
Quartile 1 (closest) (03–0.53 miles)	1,060 (24.9)
Quartile 2 (0.54–1.07 miles)	1,062 (25.0)
Quartile 3 (1.08–1.82 miles)	1,062 (25.0)
Quartile 4 (reference) (1.83–26.5 miles)	1,065 (25.1)
Number of FDA mammography facilities within 2 miles of respondent	Min = 0/max = 57; mean = 7.6 (SD = 8.9)
Number of public transit stops within 3 miles of respondent	Min = 0/max = 4,582; mean = 644 (SD = 789)