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Published in final edited form as: J Psychosoc Oncol. 2015 Jan 2;33(1):48–65. doi: 10.1080/07347332.2014.977419

Table 3.

Causal Attributions by Women with and without a History of Cancer in a Diverse Community Sample

Causal Attributions	Total Sample N = 471	No Family History N = 125	Family History N = 346	χ ²	OR [95% CI]
Lifestyle Choices	297 (63.1)	74 (59.2)	223 (64.5)	1.09	0.80 [0.53-1.21]
Genetics/Heredity	162 (34.4)	52 (41.6)	110 (31.8)	3.92^*	1.53 [1.01-2.33]
Environmental Exposures	91 (19.3)	16 (12.8)	75 (21.7)	4.64^*	1.89 [1.40-2.54]
Self-care/Knowledge	51 (10.8)	10 (8.0)	41 (11.8)	1.41	0.65 [0.32-1.34]
Other	30 (6.4)	11 (8.8)	19 (5.5)	1.67	1.66 [0.77-3.59]
Prior Health Condition	28 (5.9)	6 (4.8)	22 (6.4)	0.40	0.74 [0.29-1.87]
Stress	25 (5.3)	9 (7.2)	16 (4.6)	1.21	1.60 [1.12-2.30]
Chance	16 (3.4)	4 (3.2)	12 (3.5)	^†
Aging	7 (1.5)	2 (1.6)	5 (1.4)	^†

Note. Numbers represent frequencies. Percentages are in parenthesis.

p < .05.

^†

Given the low number of women who endorsed the ‘Chance’ and ‘Aging’ attribution, the chi-square test was not performed as it did not meet the required assumptions.