Table 4.

Multivariate Predictors of Willingness and Intention to Receive Colorectal Cancer Screening for Public Health Benefit Among 492 Women, San Francisco, 2003–2005 (Odds Ratios and 95 % Confidence Intervals)

	Willingness to take part in colorectal cancer prevention program because there would be fewer cases of colorectal cancer in California	Intention to take part in a colorectal cancer prevention program because it might prevent them from getting colorectal cancer	Encouraging other women to get screened for colorectal cancer because a woman’s life might be saved
Race/Ethnicity
White	ref	ref	ref
African-American	0.97 (0.46, 2.04)	2.47 (0.90, 6.76)	3.54 (0.62, 20.32)
Latino	0.79 (0.37, 1.68)	2.51 (0.94, 6.70)	1.26 (0.32, 4.90)
Asian	0.64 (0.30, 1.35)	0.63 (0.26, 1.53)	0.59 (0.16, 2.18)
Insurance
Private	ref	ref	ref
Public	0.72 (0.38,1.37)	0.83 (0.39, 1.76)	0.79 (0.29, 2.15)
No insurance	0.62 (0.31, 1.25)	0.61 (0.28, 1.35)	0.32 (0.13, 0.83)
Family history of cancer
Yes	0.62 (0.39, 0.98)	1.93 (1.09, 3.42)	1.34 (0.65, 2.77)
No	ref	ref	ref
Perceived higher than average risk for getting colorectal cancer?
Yes	2.32 (1.32, 4.11)	2.25 (1.05, 4.80)	2.36 (0.86, 6.49)
No	ref	ref	ref

Multivariate logistic regression models also included the following variables that were not statistically significantly associated with the outcomes: age, education, income, marital status, insurance, employment, personal history of cancer, summary knowledge score, health status and numeracy