Table 2.

Association of beliefs and delay with sociodemographic, socioeconomic, acculturation, and access factors

	Sample		≥3 beliefs	Patient delay	Clinical delay	Total delay
	n = 181a		n = 181a	n = 98a	n = 172a	n = 172a
	n	%	%	%	%	%
Sociodemographics
Age
<50	67	37	31d	38b	44	41
50–59	54	30	39	56	59	51
≥60	60	33	63	58	47	40
Ethnicity
Mexican	105	60	47	54	50	47
Puerto Rican	38	22	42	45	51	43
Other	32	18	41	40	38	31
Family history of BC
None	152	84	43b	50	47	43
Moderate	23	13	61	45	70	48
High	5	3	20	33	40	40
Socioeconomics
Education
<HS	79	44	71d	59b	50	47b
HS	39	21	31	44	58	55
>HS	63	35	19	38	43	31
Income
≤20,000	68	38	62d	58	56c	46
>20,000–50,000	66	37	47	44	54	49
>50,000	44	25	14	43	35	33
Acculturation
Cultural isolation
High	97	55	44	49	49	45
Low	84	45	44	49	49	42
Acculturation
Lower	97	55	61d	63d	60d	53c
Higher	84	45	27	33	39	34
Healthcare access
Insurance
None	45	25	60d	66b	66b	68d
Public	40	22	53	45	45	34
Private	96	53	33	41	44	37
Regular provider
No	36	20	47	65b	53	50
Yes	145	80	43	44	49	42
Last clinical breast exam
≤2 years	127	70	43	42b	50	42c
>2 years	18	10	50	44	50	22
Never	36	20	47	67	47	58
Last mammogram
≤2 years	110	61	41	46	55b	45
>2 years	28	16	43	57	44	44
Never	43	24	53	50	39	39
Trust in regular providers
High	53	32	32b	41	40c	30d
Moderate	54	32	50	55	40	38
Low	59	36	49	44	64	57

^aThis number is the total sample size for each respective column (i.e., denominator for percentages)

^bp < 0.20

^cp < 0.05

^dp < 0.01