Table 3.

Barriers to receiving pap tests by race and ethnicity

Barriers	White	Black	Hispanic	P value
% agreeing with barrier	N = 132 (%)	N = 114 (%)	N = 177 (%)
Feelings of embarrassment	25.8	22.8	29.4	0.548
Fear of finding cancer	43.9	58.8	57.1	0.149
Anxiety about procedure	34.9	43.0	40.7	0.173
Anticipation of pain	22.0	29.0	22.0	0.608
Lack of knowledge	9.1	27.2	19.8	0.002
Forgetting to schedule an appointment	19.7	17.5	10.2	0.071
Other health problems	19.7	21.1	11.9	0.046
Male physician	19.7	11.4	26.0	0.000
Cost	69.0	59.7	57.6	0.140
Transportation	14.4	19.3	14.7	0.726
Lack of time	15.9	14.9	9.6	0.667
Language barriers	7.6	3.5	37.3	0.000