Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of participants, all between 50 and 75 years of age and non-adherent to colorectal cancer screening guidelines

	Basic implementation strategy (N = 250)	Enhanced implementation strategy (N = 423)	Total (N = 673)	P value	CHIS (N = 226)
Age (years), mean ± SD (missing n = 10)	61 ± 7	61 ± 7	61 ± 7	NS	59 ± 7
Length of US residency (years), mean ± SD (missing n = 23)	19 ± 12	16 ± 12	17 ± 12	<0.001	67 % lived for ≥15 years in USA
Gender
Male	39 %	37 %	38 %	NS	40 %
Female	61 %	63 %	62 %		60 %
Marital status (missing n = 6)
Not married/living-in	35 %	37 %	36 %	NS	30 %
Married/living-in	65 %	63 %	64 %		70 %
Annual household income (missing n = 95)
Less than $20K	45 %	61 %	55 %	<0.001	17 %
$20K or more	55 %	39 %	45 %		83 %
Highest level of education (missing n = 2)
Until some college	31 %	35 %	33 %	NS	45 %
College graduate	59 %	53 %	55 %		45 %
Post-graduate	10 %	12 %	11 %		10 %
Country of birth (missing n = 19)
Philippines	99 %	~100 %	99 %	NS	77 %
USA or other	1 %	<1 %	1 %		23 %
Language with friends (missing n = 5)
Mostly Filipino	19 %	24 %	22 %	NS	10 %
Equally/mostly English	81 %	76 %	78 %		90 %
Consider self (missing n = 8)
More Filipino than American	60 %	56 %	57 %	NS	n/a
Equally/more American/neither	40 %	44 %	43 %
Has health insurance (missing n = 32)
Yes	64 %	58 %	60 %	NS	87 %
No	36 %	42 %	40 %		13 %
Ever had a CRC screening test	16 %	19 %	18 %	NS	n/a
Is member of participating organization (missing n = 60)
Yes	37 %	47 %	43 %	0.022	n/a
No	63 %	53 %	57 %

Participants in the two arms were compared using two-sample t tests for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables

NS not significant (P > 0.05), CHIS California Health Interview Survey 2007 and 2009, Filipino Americans age 50–75, non-adherent to CRC screening guidelines