Table 2.

Bivariate associations between predictor variables and frequency of discussion about family health history with family members and doctors.

	Talking frequently with family members		Talking frequently with doctors
	χ2 or t value	p-value	χ2 or t value	p-value
Family history
Diabetes	10.0	0.002	5.3	0.022
Heart disease	14.9	<0.001	6.8	0.009
Cancer	15.7	<0.001	15.1	<0.001
Behavioral risk factors
Body mass index	−0.20	0.84	−0.29	0.77
Perceived overweight	0.22	0.64	0.17	0.68
Meeting physical activity recommendations	9.9	0.002	6.7	0.010
Health information seeking
Newspaper	27.1	<0.001	34.3	<0.001
Television	18.1	<0.001	22.8	<0.001
Internet	8.5	0.004	6.2	0.012
General	62.3	<0.001	55.9	<0.001
Health care discrimination	0.04	0.84	3.6	0.059
Patient characteristics
Health literacy	0.24	0.89	3.5	0.17
Education	6.3	0.043	1.6	0.44
Age	−2.1	0.035	−2.2	0.028
Race/ethnicity	0.51	0.92	1.8	0.60
Female	27.4	<0.001	19.0	<0.001
Covariates
Diagnosis of diabetes	0.16	0.69	4.3	0.037
Diagnosis of heart disease	2.2	0.14	8.1	0.004
Disease of cancer	0.14	0.71	0.11	0.74
Survey language	0.18	0.67	0.29	0.59
Country of birth	0.02	0.88	0.75	0.78