Table 5.
Health Care Variables†
| Ethnic Groups
|
Acculturation Groups
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Latino Whites | All Latinos | Low | High | |
| Ask | 71.4% | 75.3% | 80.8%* | 72.1% |
| OR | 0.68 | 0.82 | 0.38* | 1.16 |
| 95% CI | 0.42–1.12 | 0.53–1.27 | 0.17–0.86 | 0.69–1.95 |
| Advise | 63.1% | 65.0% | 62.5% | 66.4% |
| OR | 1.03 | 1.43 | 1.35 | 1.45 |
| 95% CI | 0.65–1.62 | 0.94–2.17 | 0.64–2.86 | 0.88–2.39 |
| Assess | 35.5%*** | 24.6% | 19.8%** | 28.4% |
| OR | 1.30 | 1.82*** | 1.98* | 1.63* |
| 95% CI | 0.87–1.94 | 1.29–2.57 | 1.10–3.58 | 1.06–2.50 |
| Assist | 35.5% | 31.9% | 25.8%* | 35.3% |
| OR | 1.16 | 1.52* | 1.41 | 1.48 |
| 95% CI | 0.73–1.84 | 1.02–2.27 | 0.67–3.02 | 0.93–2.38 |
| Arrange follow-up | 9.9% | 12.0% | 11.4% | 12.3% |
| OR | 2.80* | 1.29 | 1.59 | 1.17 |
| 95% CI | 1.16–6.75 | 0.73–2.27 | 0.59–4.28 | 0.59–2.32 |
| Took advice | 32.4%** | 45.0% | 50.0% | 42.4% |
| OR | 2.17* | 1.10 | 0.78 | 1.36 |
| 95% CI | 1.19–3.98 | 0.70–1.77 | 0.33–1.84 | 0.78–2.34 |
| Explained NRT | 30.3%*** | 18.5% | 12.4%*** | 23.5% |
| OR | 1.67* | 2.30*** | 3.00*** | 1.87** |
| 95% CI | 1.10–2.56 | 1.59–3.33 | 1.54–5.85 | 1.20–2.92 |
| Have health insurance | 77.7%*** | 56.5% | 38.7%*** | 70.4% |
| OR | 1.39 | 1.65** | 1.93* | 1.23 |
| 95% CI | 0.86–2.24 | 1.17–2.33 | 1.11–3.37 | 0.77–1.96 |
| Have practitioner | 75.8%*** | 52.3% | 35.5%*** | 65.9% |
| OR | 1.32 | 2.13*** | 2.07** | 1.89** |
| 95% CI | 0.84–2.06 | 1.53–2.96 | 1.22–3.51 | 1.20–2.96 |
| Have health care site | 79.6%*** | 62.8% | 50.6%*** | 72.8% |
| OR | 1.17 | 1.98*** | 2.09** | 1.64* |
| 95% CI | 0.73–1.87 | 1.38–2.83 | 1.21–3.60 | 1.01–2.68 |
| Medical visit in prior year | 72.5%*** | 59.1% | 47.5%*** | 68.6% |
| OR | 1.27 | 2.16*** | 2.17** | 1.84* |
| 95% CI | 0.82–1.97 | 1.51–3.08 | 1.25–3.77 | 1.14–2.97 |
| Good self-rated health | 77.8%*** | 66.3% | 60.9%*** | 70.6% |
| OR | 0.82 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.93 |
| 95% CI | 0.52–1.28 | 0.72–1.40 | 0.59–1.69 | 0.61–1.43 |
| Trust practitioner | 79.8% | 76.4% | 67.5%*** | 83.3% |
| OR | 0.63 | 1.21 | 1.32 | 0.90 |
| 95% CI | 0.39–1.04 | 0.79–1.84 | 0.69–2.50 | 0.50–1.62 |
| Discrimination concerns | N/A | 23% | 36.7%*** | 12.1% |
| OR | 1.07 | 1.14 | 1.47 | |
| 95% CI | 0.74–1.57 | 0.67–1.94 | 0.82–2.64 | |
†
Percent of participants reporting receipt of each of the “five A” interventions, acting on medical advice, and reporting practitioner explained NRT. Remaining items address health care access (four items), self-rated health, and attitudes toward practitioner and the health care system (final two items). Values given for both ethnic groups and both acculturation groups. CI indicates confidence interval; N/A, not applicable; NRT, nicotine replacement therapy; and OR, odds ratio for history of nicotine replacement therapy use as a function of tabled variable.
*
p < 0.05. Asterisks designate p value of subgroup difference within ethnic groups and acculturation groups, respectively.
**
p < 0.01.
***
p < 0.001.