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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 10.
Published in final edited form as: West J Nurs Res. 2008 Jun 6;30(8):960–974. doi: 10.1177/0193945908319250

Table 1.

Point-Biserial Correlation Matrix for Independent Variables and Outcome Variables

Variable 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
  1. Have had a testa −.40** .17* .29** .15* .27** .17* .20* −.08 .10 .38** .32** −.46**
  2. Have had a test within 3 yearsa −.23** .19* .12 .08 .09 −.08 .30** .18* .30** .26** .16* −.40**
  3. Age −.60** −.49** −.47** −.44** −.15* −.59** .34** .04 −.49** −.28** .64**
  4. Marital status .40** .24** −.23** .18* .50** .18** −.05 .27** .18* −.42**
  5. Education .27** .41** .23** .42** −.10 .04 .40** .25** −.38**
  6. Employment .49** .31** .46** −.11 −.13 .26** .06 −.33**
  7. English-speaking ability .56** .52** .033 .10 .43** .18* −.45**
  8. Proportion of life spent in U.S. .33** .14* .15* .21** .14 −.25**
  9. Income −.06 −.06 .46** .16 −.47**
10. Routine care .54** −.09 .06 .14
11. Check-ups .07 .08 −.05
12. Early detection method .48** −.51**
13. Perceived benefit −.46**
14. Perceived barriers

Note: Variables that were not significantly correlated are not included in the table (e.g., general health, religion, years in the United States). Data between Variable 1 and Variable 2 cannot be computed, because at least one of the variables is constant.

a

Outcome variable.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01. Two-tailed.