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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 18.
Published in final edited form as: Res Sociol Health Care. 2009;27:301–319. doi: 10.1108/S0275-4959(2009)0000027016

Table 2.

Factors associated with routine physical exam in the last year among Vietnamese immigrants in New Orleans, 2005-2007.

Routine physical exam within the last year
% Coef. (s.d.)

2005 2006 2007 Model 1 Model 2
Age −.00 .02
 Under 40 68.9 37.5* 53.9
 41 and above 71.7 63.8* 41.8
Gender −.11 −.02
 Male 60.7** 61.1 46.2
 Female 92.3** 46.4 39.3
Education .01 .01
 <12 years 63.9 64.5 40.5
 ≥12 or more years 76.1 51.0 46.5
Ownership of house currently
lived in
.14 1.49
 No 42.9* 83.3* 42.9
 Yes 76.5* 51.4* 43.9
Have health insurance .80* 1.61*
 No 51.7** 56.8 30.8
 Yes 81.1** 55.6 50.0
Overall health now is poor 1.03* .90*
 No 67.6 41.5** 40.0
 Yes 90.9 70.7** 48.6
Acculturation −.02 .01
 Vietnamese 68.1 73.7** 46.7
 Bicultural 74.3 40.9** 40.0
Year
 2005
 2006 −.84* 1.30
 2007 −1.37*** −.151
Year * home ownership
 2005 * ownership
 2006 * ownership −3.27**
 2007 * ownership −1.28
Year * health insurance
 2005 * health insurance
 2006 * health insurance −1.46
 2007 * health insurance −.83
Year * years of education
 2005 * 12 or more years
 2006 * 12 or more years −.12
 2007 * 12 or more years .05
Total 70.7** 56.1** 43.8**

N 82 82 80 242 242

p<.10

*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001