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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2009 Aug;20(3):678–694. doi: 10.1353/hpu.0.0191

Table 2.

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLETING THE FAMILY HISTORY SECTION OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE

Answered (yes) vs. preferred not to answer (no)
Answered (yes) vs. did not know (no)
Yes No Prevalence ratio (PR) 95% confidence interval (CI) Yes No PR 95% CI
Gender
 Men 1794 1131 1.00 1794 867 1.00
 Women 4187 1260 1.25 1.19–1.32 4187 929 1.21 1.15–1.28
Education
 <High school 1059 724 1.00 1059 710 1.00
 High school 1871 902 1.13 1.05–1.22 1871 627 1.24 1.15–1.34
 Voc/tech/asso/col 2553 691 1.32 1.23–1.42 2553 415 1.43 1.33–1.53
 Bac/Mas/PhD 454 49 1.52 1.36–1.69 454 25 1.57 1.41–1.76
Age (years)
 <30 1615 753 1.00 1615 589 1.00
 30–39 1306 509 1.06 0.98–1.13 1306 310 1.10 1.03–1.19
 40–49 1544 543 1.08 1.01–1.16 1544 389 1.09 1.02–1.17
 50–59 1027 343 1.10 1.02–1.19 1027 253 1.09 1.01–1.18
 ≥60 489 243 0.98 0.89–1.08 489 255 0.90 0.81–0.99
General health condition
 Excellent/very good 1837 770 1.00 1837 550 1.00
 Good 2556 1028 1.01 0.95–1.08 2556 716 1.02 0.96–1.08
 Fair/poor 1582 586 1.04 0.97–1.11 1582 523 0.98 0.92–1.05
Medical condition
 No disease 2402 1267 1.00 2402 920 1.00
 1 disease 1620 593 1.12 1.05–1.19 1620 457 1.08 1.01–1.15
 2+ diseases 1959 531 1.20 1.13–1.28 1959 419 1.14 1.07–1.21
Language spoken at home
 English 2783 939 1.00 2783 660 1.00
 American Indian Alaskan Native (AIAN) 479 290 0.84 0.76–0.92 479 237 0.83 0.75–0.92
 Both 2694 1143 0.94 0.89–0.99 2694 875 0.94 0.89–0.99
Identity with native culture
 Not at all 1517 473 1.00 1517 402
 A little 2426 934 0.95 0.89–1.01 2426 578 1.00
 Some 1328 584 0.91 0.85–0.98 1328 482 1.02 0.96–1.09
 A lot 698 396 0.84 0.77–0.92 698 332 0.93 0.86–1.00
Residency area
 <50,000 people 4826 2060 1.00 4826 1580 1.00
 >50,000 people 1146 327 1.11 1.04–1.18 1146 209 1.12 1.05–1.20
Region
 South-Central Alaska 958 266 1.00 958 164 1.00
 South-East Alaska 651 139 1.05 0.95–1.16 651 94 1.02 0.93–1.13
 South-West Alaska 834 402 0.86 0.79–0.95 834 292 0.87 0.79–0.95
 Navajo 3538 1584 0.88 0.82–0.95 3538 1246 0.87 0.81–0.93