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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Educ. 2013 Sep;28(3):527–534. doi: 10.1007/s13187-013-0498-5

Table 1.

High Satisfaction with Care (median cut-off) by Demographics

Abnormal Screen
Cancer Diagnosis
Independent Variable High (n=705) % (n) Low (n=662) % (n) p-value Chi-square High (n=111) % (n) Low (n=115) % (n) p-value Chi-square
Overall PSN-I 0.0486 0.0628
    Below 1st quartile 42.7 (158) 57.3 (212) 30.0 (15) 70.0 (35)
    Above 1st quartile 54.9 (547) 45.1 (450) 54.6(96) 45.4 (80)
Gender 0.1147 0.6177
    Female 53.1 (653) 46.9 (577) 50.3 (102) 49.7 (101)
    Male 38.0 (52) 62.0 (85) 39.1 (9) 60.9 (14)
Age category (years) 0.0449 0.5319
    < 40 45.4 (210) 54.6 (253) 34.8 (8) 65.2 (15)
    40 - < 49 58.4 (194) 41.6 (138) 42.0 (21) 58.0 (29)
    50 - < 60 51.2 (155) 48.8 (148) 50.0 (36) 50.0 (36)
    60+ 53.8 (143) 46.2 (123) 56.8 (46) 43.2 (35)
Race/ethnicity 0.0127 0.1456
    Black 52.1 (219) 47.9 (201) 41.0 (25) 59.0 (36)
    White 62.2 (270) 37.8 (164) 54.9 (67) 45.1 (55)
    Hispanic 42.3 (208) 57.7 (284) 45.7 (16) 54.3 (19)
    Other 38.1 (8) 61.9 (13) 37.5 (3) 62.5 (5)
Primary language 0.0356 0.2349
    English 44.6 (545) 55.4 (439) 48.1 (100) 51.9 (108)
    Other 41.3 (157) 58.7 (223) 61.1 (11) 38.9 (7)
Birth country 0.0581 0.5938
    outside of US 44.1 (173) 55.9 (219) 46.4 (13) 53.6 (15)
    US 55.5 (463) 44.5 (371) 49.2 (97) 50.8 (100)
Education 0.0948 0.7870
    Less than high school 41.8 (135) 58.2 (188) 52.2 (24) 47.8 (22)
    High school diploma (including equivalency) 54.2 (150) 45.8 (127) 51.2 (22) 48.8 (21)
    Some college/vocational 53.7 (183) 46.3(158) 49.3 (36) 50.7(37)
    College graduate/Graduate or professional 60.6 (166) 39.4(108) 45.2 (28) 54.8(34)
Median Household Income by ZIP 0.0357 0.3131
    $29,999 or less 50.8 (133) 49.2 (129) 58.0 (29) 42.0 (21)
    $30,000 to $39,999 45.0 (232) 55.0 (283) 43.8 (32) 56.2 (41)
    $40,000 to $49,999 50.0 (114) 50.0 (114) 42.1 (16) 57.9 (22)
    $50,000 or more 64.2 (195) 35.8 (117) 55.0 (33) 45.0 (27)
Insurance status 0.0313 0.6470
    uninsured 44.4 (179) 55.6 (224) 37.5 (12) 62.5 (20)
    public 46.4 (227) 53.6 (262) 49.3 (36) 50.7 (37)
    private 63.3 (292) 36.7 (169) 51.7 (62) 48.3 (58)
Employment Status 0.2456 0.7169
    No current employment 49.3 (303) 53.7 (312) 51.9 (70) 48.1 (65)
    Part-time employment 53.1 (112) 46.9 (99) 37.0 (10) 63.0 (17)
    Full-time employment 56.1 (229) 43.9 (179) 47.6 (30) 52.4 (33)
Household Size 0.1293 0.1510
    1 49.8 (119) 50.2 (120) 38.0 (19) 62.0 (31)
    2 55.9 (179) 44.1 (141) 56.5 (48) 43.5 (37)
    3+ 54.0 (304) 46.0 (259) 47.8 (43) 52.2 (47)
Housing Status 0.0782 0.1331
    Rent 48.6 (242) 51.4 (259) 41.3 (38) 58.7 (54)
    Own 60.3 (289) 39.7 (181) 54.1 (60) 45.9 (51)
    Other 49.2 (73) 50.8 (81) 52.4 (11) 47.6 (10)
Dependents 0.2702 0.4575
    0 56.1 (268) 43.9 (210) 53.6 (59) 46.4 (51)
    1 51.7 (105) 48.3 (98) 47.7 (21) 52.3 (23)
    2+ 59.9 (170) 40.1 (114) 52.9 (18) 47.1 (16)
Distance 0.2217 0.3912
    < 1.5 49.4 (128) 50.6 (142) 50.0 (7) 50.0 (7)
    1.5 - < 4.0 52.1 (137) 47.9 (122) 45.8 (27) 54.2 (32)
    4 - < 8.5 47.4 (161) 52.6 (184) 54.3 (38) 45.7 (32)
    8.5+ 52.9 (186) 47.1 (165) 48.7 (37) 51.3 (39)
Type of Health Care Setting 0.6263 0.5244
    Neighborhood health center 42.1 (115) 57.9 (158) 40.0 (4) 60.0 (6)
    Public hospital ambulatory care 55.7 (380) 44.3 (302) 44.8 (47) 55.2 (58)
    Private hospital ambulatory care 51.6 (63) 48.4 (59) 100.0 (1) 0.0 (0)
    Other 50.5 (145) 49.5 (142) 53.6 (59) 46.4 (51)
Size of care site 0.1845 0.4320
    <12,000 45.1 (114) 54.9 (139) 44.8 (13) 55.2 (16)
    12,000-<40,000 58.0 (309) 42.0 (224) 54.6 (77) 45.4 (64)
    40,000-<200,000 50.3 (99) 49.7 (98) 50.0 (1) 50.0 (1)
    200,000+ 37.8 (99) 62.2 (163) 32.4 (12) 67.6 (25)
Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Patient Population - Hispanic 0.0389 0.2673
    < 25% 55.9 (354) 44.1 (279) 49.3 (71) 50.7 (73)
    25%+ 40.4 (186) 59.6 (274) 32.4 (12) 67.6 (25)
Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Patient Population - Non-Hispanic White 0.5089 0.1105
    < 25% 47.1 (226) 52.9 (254) 32.8 (21) 67.2 (43)
    25%+ 51.2 (314) 48.8 (299) 53.0 (62) 47.0 (55)
Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Patient Population - Non-Hispanic Black 0.7418 0.2412
    < 25% 48.1 (286) 51.9 (308) 48.8 (69) 51.1 (72)
    25%+ 50.9 (254) 49.1 (245) 35.0 (14) 65.0 (26)
Cancer Site 0.1758 0.1315
    breast 55.0 (466) 45.0 (381) 49.7 (87) 50.3 (88)
    cervix 50.7 (173) 49.3 (168) 37.5 (6) 62.5 (10)
    colorectal 33.3 (23) 66.7 (46) 63.0 (17) 37.0 (10)
    prostate 39.1 (43) 60.9 (67) 12.5 (1) 87.5 (7)
Stage 0.0474
    Stage 0 34.8 (8) 65.2 (15)
    Stage 1 62.7 (42) 37.3 (25)
    Stage 2 54.3 (38) 45.7 (32)
    Stage 3 45.9 (17) 54.1 (20)
    Stage 4 30.0 (3) 70.0 (7)
    CIN2 or CIN3 37.5 (3) 62.5 (5)

p-value for Chi-square test of association from SUDAAN PROC CROSSTAB with site as stratum and clinic as PSU.