TABLE 2.

Bivariate Analysis for Beliefs, Demographics, and Screening Test Use

Variable	FOBT in Last Year		Ever Had FOBT		Ever Had Colonoscopy
	χ2	P*	χ2	P*	χ2	P*
MD recommendation (yes/no)	NS		54.42	<0.001	32.49	<0.001
Communication (high/low)	NS		NS		4.04	0.056
Barriers (high/low)	1.59	0.243	18.03	<0.001	33.54	<0.001
Benefits (high/low)	2.36	0.177	NS		20.60	<0.001
Self-efficacy (high/low)	NS		4.14	.055	32.71	<0.001
Knowledge (high/low)	NS		3.80	0.058	10.48	<0.001
Education (high school/some college/bachelors/graduate or professional degree)	NS		5.18	0.159	11.86	<0.01
Ethnicity (Caucasion/non-Causasian)	3.33	0.079	2.56	0.138	NS
Marital status (with/without partner)	3.68	0.094	NS		NS
Fear (high/low)	0.90	0.232	NS		NS
Gender	NS		2.46	0.151	NS

^*Variables with P value ≤0.25 were included in multivariate analyses.

NS, not significant.