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. 2016 Oct 12;11(10):e0164307. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164307

Table 1. Sample characteristics by ethnicity and language-preference acculturation.

Hispanic Women (N = 652) U.S.-born White Women (N = 3,592) Hispanic Women-English (N = 289) Hispanic Women-Spanish (N = 363)
Weighted % Weighted % p-value Weighted % Weighted % p-value
Mammography     0.754 0.35
No 40.7 39.4 43.1 38.7
Yes 59.3 60.6 56.9 61.3
Health Literacy *     < 0.001   0.001
Below Basic 52.8 10.1 16.8 82.1
Basic 21.1 20.6 35.6 13.8
Intermediate/ Proficient 26.2 69.4 47.5 4.2
Age     < 0.001     0.30
40–49 50.0 32.7 53.7 46.6
50–64 32.0 36.6 31.2 32.8
65+ 18.0 30.6 15.1 20.6
Income < 0.001     0.003
Below poverty 35.3 10.9 25.1 43.6
Above poverty 64.7 89.1 74.9 56.4
Medical Insurance     < 0.001 < 0.001
No 32.0 8.7 19.0 41.7
Yes 68.0 91.3 81.0 58.3

* Comparison of mean health literacy scores