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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2015 Oct 5;24(4):1729–1753. doi: 10.1007/s00520-015-2946-8

Table 2. High satisfaction with care (median cut-off) by demographics.

Independent variable Diagnostic resolution p value Chi-squarea Cancer treatment p value Chi-squarea


High satisfaction (n=938) Not high satisfaction (n=850) High satisfaction (n=221) Not high satisfaction (n=226)
Group allocation 0.6897 0.2345
 Control 53.9 % (320) 46.1 % (274) 52.3 % (102) 47.7 % (93)
 Patient navigation 51.8 % (618) 48.2 % (576) 47.2 % (119) 52.8 % (133)
Gender 0.0996 0.5159
 Female 54.2 % (876) 45.8 % (741) 50.9 % (200) 49.1 % (193)
 Male 36.3 % (62) 63.7 % (109) 38.9 % (21) 61.1 % (33)
Age categorized 0.0249 0.2489
 <40 47.5 % (290) 52.5 % (321) 32.3 % (10) 67.7 % (21)
 40–<49 57.9 % (263) 42.1 % (191) 47.2 % (42) 52.8 % (47)
 50–<60 54.9 % (213) 45.1 % (175) 49.4 % (80) 50.6 % (82)
 60+ 51.3 % (172) 48.7 % (163) 53.9 % (89) 46.1 % (76)
Race/ethnicity 0.0009 0.2032
 Black 52.2 % (229) 47.8 % (210) 42.7 % (47) 57.3 % (63)
 White 63.2 % (421) 36.8 % (245) 55.4 % (138) 44.6 % (111)
 Hispanic 41.9 % (272) 58.1 % (377) 38.6 % (27) 61.4 % (43)
 Other 47.1 % (16) 52.9 % (18) 50 % (9) 50 % (9)
Primary language 0.0160 0.4712
 English 56.1 % (741) 43.9 % (581) 50 % (203) 50 % (203)
 Other 42.3 % (197) 57.7 % (269) 43.9 % (18) 56.1 % (23)
Birth country 0.0216 0.1064
 Outside of USA 44.3 % (217) 55.7 % (273) 41.7 % (25) 58.3 % (35)
 USA 55.8 % (611) 44.2 % (484) 50.4 % (194) 49.6 % (191)
Education 0.0041 0.4125
 Less than high school 42.3 % (161) 57.7 % (220) 44 % (40) 56 % (51)
 High school diploma 49.8 % (159) 50.2 % (160) 51.9 % (56) 48.1 % (52)
 Some college/associate 56.7 % (234) 43.3 % (179) 50 % (69) 50 % (69)
 College grad/professional 63.7 % (226) 36.3 % (129) 50.9 % (54) 49.1 % (52)
Median household income by ZIP 0.0158 0.2198
 Less than $30,000 51.1 % (165) 48.9 % (158) 45.2 % (42) 54.8 % (51)
 $30,000 to 39,999 47.4 % (336) 52.6 % (373) 46.6 % (61) 53.4 % (70)
 $40,000 to 49,999 49.2 % (153) 50.8 % (158) 43.7 % (38) 56.3 % (49)
 $50,000 or more 64.7 % (275) 35.3 % (150) 60.5 % (78) 39.5 % (51)
Insurance status 0.0027 0.3534
 Uninsured 44 % (219) 56 % (279) 34.7 % (25) 65.3 % (47)
 Public 47.3 % (301) 52.7 % (336) 48.6 % (67) 51.4 % (71)
 Private 64.2 % (413) 35.8 % (230) 54.2 % (128) 45.8 % (108)
Employment status 0.0509 0.7121
 Unemployed 47.7 % (358) 52.3 % (393) 48.2 % (133) 51.8 % (143)
 Part-time 53.5 % (138) 46.5 % (120) 43.5 % (20) 56.5 % (26)
 Full-time 58.9 % (308) 41.1 % (215) 53.7 % (66) 46.3 % (57)
Housing status 0.0342 0.1761
 Renting 48.2 % (289) 51.8 % (310) 39.4 % (65) 60.6 % (100)
 Own home 61.2 % (377) 38.8 % (239) 56.4 % (132) 43.6 % (102)
 Other 49.1 % (83) 50.9 % (86) 50 % (21) 50 % (21)
Distance 0.4598 0.1019
 <1.5 51.3 % (194) 48.7 % (184) 41.4 % (12) 58.6 % (17)
 1.5–<4.0 52.9 % (210) 47.1 % (187) 40.5 % (47) 59.5 % (69)
 4–<8.5 47.6 % (205) 52.4 % (226) 58 % (87) 42 % (63)
 8.5+ 51.5 % (211) 48.5 % (199) 50.7 % (73) 49.3 % (71)
Cancer site 0.1331 0.0861
 Breast 54.9 % (612) 45.1 % (502) 52.2 % (178) 47.8 % (163)
 Cervix 52.4 % (259) 47.6 % (235) 30 % (6) 70 % (14)
 Colorectal 38.5 % (10) 61.5 % (16) 50.8 % (33) 49.2 % (32)
 Prostate 37 % (57) 63 % (97) 19.0 % (4) 81 % (17)
Stage 0.0750
 Stage 0 42.9 % (18) 57.1 % (24)
 Stage 1 58.1 % (72) 41.9 % (52)
 Stage 2 56 % (75) 44 % (59)
 Stage 3 46.2 % (43) 53.8 % (50)
 Stage 4 30.8 % (8) 69.2 % (18)
 CIN2 or CIN3 30 % (3) 70 % (7)
a

Row percentages reported; p value for Chi-square test of association