Table 1.

Sample characteristics (n = 550 females).

Variable	Level	n (%) unweighted frequencies	n (%) weighted frequencies
Socioeconomic factors
Race	Non-Hispanic Black	210 (38%)	60 (13%)
	Non-Hispanic White	181 (33%)	353 (76%)
	Hispanic	159 (29%)	53 (11%)
Marital status	Married	289 (53%)	273 (59%)
	Not married	261 (47%)	193 (41%)
Education level	>High school	319 (58%)	252 (54%)
	≤High school	231 (62%)	214 (46%)
Employment status	Employed	330 (60%)	269 (42%)
	Not employed	220 (40%)	196 (58%)
Income level	>$50,000	209 (38%)	196 (42%)
	≤$50,000	341 (62%)	269 (58%)
Age in years	Mean, SD	53.4, 9.3	54.7, 9.5
	Range	40–75	40–75
Health-care access factors
Health insurance	Yes	471 (86%)	425 (91%)
	No	79 (14%)	41 (9%)
Usual source of medical care	Yes	514 (93%)	436 (94%)
	No	36 (7%)	29 (6%)
Psychological factors
Self-efficacy for breast cancer screening	Completely confident	256 (47%)	220 (47%)
	Very confident	190 (34%)	162 (35%)
	Somewhat confident	78 (14%)	74 (16%)
	A little confident	16 (3%)	5 (1%)
	Not at all confident	10 (2%)	5 (1%)
Perceived risk of breast cancer	Very low	255 (46%)	173 (37%)
	Somewhat low	140 (25%)	131 (28%)
	Moderate	119 (22%)	121 (26%)
	Somewhat high	22 (4%)	23 (5%)
	Very high	14 (3%)	15 (3%)
Cultural factors
Present temporal orientation	Strongly disagree	11 (2%)	6 (1%)
	Disagree	114 (21%)	93 (20%)
	Neutral	32 (6%)	35 (8%)
	Agree	267 (48%)	226 (48%)
	Strongly agree	126 (23%)	106 (23%)
Interpersonal relationships	Mean, SD	24.4, 5.1	24.2, 5.1
	Range	7–35	7–35
Religiosity	Mean, SD	21.4, 5.6	20.3, 6.0
	Range	6–30	6–30
Autonomy	Mean, SD	22.2, 4.2	22.2, 3.8
	Range	7–30	7–30

“n” means sample size; “SD” means standard deviation.