Table 3.

Demographic, Melanoma Risk Factor, and Linguistic Acculturation Correlates of Skin Cancer Preventive Behaviors (Sunscreen Use, Shade Seeking, and Use of Sun Protective Clothing)

	Sunscreen Use			Shade Seeking			Use of Sun Protective Clothing
Characteristic	b	95% CI	P	b	95% CI	P	b	95% CI	P
Gender			< .001			< .001			< .001
Male	Reference			Reference			Reference
Female	0.84	0.67, 1.02		0.57	0.41, 0.72		−0.27	−0.40, −0.15
Age (years)	−0.004	−0.010, 0.002	.160	0.01	0.01, 0.02	< .001	0.01	0.01, 0.01	< .001
Education level	0.13	0.03, 0.23	.014	0.06	−0.03, 0.15	.168	−0.11	−0.18, −0.03	0.004
Latitude of residence (degrees)	0.04	0.01, 0.06	.001	0.01	−0.01, 0.03	.401	0.02	0.00, 0.04	0.032
Hispanic heritage			.274			.006			0.127
Mexican	Reference			Reference			Reference
Puerto Rican	0.13	−0.31, 0.57		−0.32	−0.70, 0.06		−0.22	−0.53, 0.10
Cuban	0.10	−0.35, 0.55		−0.30	−0.70, 0.09		−0.22	−0.55, 0.10
Central American	0.03	−0.34, 0.40		−0.31	−0.64, 0.01		0.15	−0.12, 0.41
South American	0.45	0.08, 0.83		−0.19	−0.51, 0.14		−0.29	−0.56, −0.03
Other	−0.09	−0.45, 0.27		−0.55	−0.86, −0.23		−0.04	−0.30, 0.22
No. of melanoma risk factors	0.13	0.06, 0.19	< .001	0.06	0.00, 0.11	.047	0.05	0.00, 0.09	.046
Linguistic acculturation			.497			< .001			< .001
Spanish acculturated	Reference			Reference			Reference
Bicultural	0.11	−0.11, 0.32		−0.20	−0.39, −0.01		−0.16	−0.31, −0.01
English acculturated	−0.01	−0.30, 0.28		−0.60	−0.85, −0.35		−0.54	−0.75, −0.33

Note. b = unstandardized regression coefficient; CI = confidence interval. All of the characteristics were included together as independent variables in multivariable linear regression analyses. Thus, the association between each characteristic and each outcome is adjusted for all of the other characteristics.