Table 2.

Interpersonal and cultural variables

	Arkansas		New York City		Western New York		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	p
How afraid are you of going to the doctor/nurse/ clinic?									.292
Very/somewhat	45	25.7	56	21.4	47	19.3	148	21.8
A little/not at all	130	74.3	206	78.6	196	80.7	532	78.2
How afraid are you with hearing results from medical examinations?									.276
Very/somewhat	73	40.3	88	33.2	84	34.4	245	35.5
A little/not at all	108	59.7	177	66.8	160	65.6	445	64.5
How sure are you that doctors or nurses in the US always know what is best for you?									.796
Very/somewhat	101	57.1	157	60.2	145	59.7	403	59.2
A little/not at all	76	42.9	104	39.8	98	40.3	278	40.8
How often is language a problem in getting the health care you want/need?									<.001
Very/somewhat	117	64.6	69	26.3	68	28.0	254	37.0
Seldom/never	64	35.4	193	73.7	175	72.0	432	63.0
How well do you understand what your doctor or health care provider tells you?									<.001
Very/somewhat	33	18.5	110	43.3	117	48.3	260	38.6
A little/not at all	145	81.5	144	56.7	125	51.7	414	61.4
Compared with people of other ethnic groups or races, how do you feel you have been treated when seeking health care in the past 12 months?
Worse than other groups	48	28.1	16	6.3	5	3.2	69	11.8
The same as other groups	65	38.0	144	56.3	94	59.5	303	51.8
Better than other groups	8	4.7	22	8.6	20	12.7	50	8.5
Have not sought health care in past 12 months	31	18.1	35	13.7	16	10.1	82	14.0
Don’t know	19	11.1	39	15.2	23	14.6	81	13.8
My partner/spouse supports me in getting breast screeningsa									.421
Yes	125	95.4	148	93.7	81	91.0	354	93.7
No	6	4.6	10	6.3	8	9.0	24	6.3
My partner/spouse supports me in getting cervical screeninga									.118
Yes	123	98.4	150	96.2	77	92.8	350	96.2
No	2	1.6	6	3.8	6	7.2	14	3.8
My partner/spouse prefers I go to a…a									.141
Female doctor	30	23.4	26	16.1	21	22.6	77	20.2
Male doctor	5	3.9	3	1.9	6	6.5	14	3.7
No preference	93	72.7	132	82.0	66	71.0	291	76.2

^aIncludes only women who have identified that they have a spouse or partner.