Table III.
Percentage of subjects endorsing specific reasons for not seeking healthcare for UI. Data are weighted to reflect the complex sampling design to project the sample to the population. p values test the null hypothesis that there is no difference between black and white women.
| Reason For Not Seeking Care | Total % (N=258) |
Black % (N=127) |
White % (N=131) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Never Asked | 9.1 | 6.5 | 9.7 | 0.47 |
| Too Embarrassed | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 0.89 |
| Didn’t Think Anything Could Be Done | 94.2 | 93.7 | 94.4 | 0.85 |
| Can’t Afford Doctor/No Health Insurance | 7.6 | 4.3 | 8.4 | 0.32 |
| Afraid of Doctors, Surgery, Medications, etc. | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 0.88 |
| Other | 81.7 | 87.1 | 80.9 | 0.23 |