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. 2013 Jun;22(6):507–517. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2012.3590

Table 3.

Participant Characteristics (N=250)

  Total N=250 N (%)a African American N=94 N (%)a Latina N=156 N (%)a Comparison test χ2
Age mean, (SD) 35.5 (11.7) 31.5 (11.6) 37.8 (11.1) <0.001b
Education
 ≤High school 173 (72.4) 53 (58.9) 120 (80.5) <0.001
 >High school 66 (27.6) 37 (41.1) 29 (19.5)  
Employed
 Yes (part/full-time) 118 (48.0) 43 (46.7) 75 (48.7) 0.770
 No 128 (52.0) 49 (53.3) 79 (51.3)  
Income
 Less than $10,000 112 (48.3) 50 (60.2) 62 (41.6) 0.080
 $10–$19,999 65 (28.0) 15 (18.1) 50 (33.6)  
 ≥$20,000 55 (23.7) 18 (21.7) 37 (24.8)  
Insurance
 Uninsured 156 (63.2) 20 (20.6) 136 (90.7) <0.001
 Public 73 (29.6) 64 (66.0) 9 (6.0)  
 Private 18 (7.2) 13 (13.4) 5 (3.3)  
Marital status
 Married 80 (32.4) 9 (9.6) 71 (46.4) <0.001
 Single/divorced/widowed 167 (67.6) 85 (90.4) 82 (53.6)  
Primary care provider
 Yes 167 (69.6) 66 (75.0) 101 (66.5) 0.170
 No 73 (30.4) 22 (25.0) 51 (33.5)  
Clinic site       <0.001c
 1 45 (18.0) 33 (35.1) 12 (7.7)  
 2 15 (6.0) 15 (16.0) 0 (0.0)  
 3 36 (14.4) 35 (37.2) 1 (0.6)  
 4 141 (56.4) 1 (1.1) 140 (89.7)  
 5 13 (5.2) 10 (10.6) 3 (1.9)  
Lost to follow-upd
 Yes 25 (10.0) 21 (22.4) 4 (2.6) <0.001c
 No 225 (90.0) 73 (77.7) 152 (97.4)  
Birthplace
 United States 111 (46.3) 90 (100.0) 21 (14.1) <0.001c
 Mexico 116 (48.3) 0 (0.0) 116 (77.9)  
 Other country 13 (5.4) 1 (1.1) 12 (8.0)  
Years living in the United States among foreign born (median, range) 13 (1–40) 27 13 (1–40)  
Language
 English 113 (45.4) 93 (98.9) 20 (12.8) <0.001c
 Spanish 122 (78.2) 0 (0.0) 122 (78.2)  
 English and Spanish 14 (5.6) 0 (0.0) 14 (9.0)  
a

Percentages are based on nonmissing values.

b

P-value calculated using a t-test.

c

P-value calculated using a Fisher's exact test.

d

Women who were lost to follow-up did not reach diagnostic resolution.