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. 2017 Aug 29;5:229. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00229

Table 3.

Logistic regression of factors associated with future intention to undergo prenatal genetic testing among a sample of university-enrolled students in the U.S. (PGRID study).

Logistic regression Number of obs = 2,476
LR χ2(60) = 235.09
Prob > χ2 = 0.0000
Log likelihood = −1,592.43 Pseudo R2 = 0.0687
Log likelihood (constant-only) = −1,709.97
Correct% classification: 62.3
Correct% classification (constant-only): 53.2

Future prenatal testing

Variable Adjusted odds ratio p > |z| 95% confidence interval

Age 1.004 0.605 0.988 1.021
Female* 0.801 0.019 0.666 0.964
Married* 1.328 0.001 1.115 1.580
Racial (others)
 Hispanic/Latino* 1.585 0.005 1.146 2.192
 White 0.983 0.897 0.753 1.281
Educational status (undergrad)
 Graduate* 1.408 0.037 1.021 1.943
 Professional 0.953 0.722 0.733 1.240
 Others 0.752 0.166 0.502 1.126
Religion (none/atheist)
 Others 0.929 0.734 0.606 1.422
 Catholic* 0.664 0.015 0.477 0.922
 Protestant 0.808 0.169 0.596 1.095
Extent religious (not)
 Slightly 0.783 0.17 0.553 1.110
 Moderately* 0.578 0.005 0.395 0.845
 Very* 0.325 0.001 0.211 0.501
Weekly service attended (0)
 1 1.068 0.572 0.850 1.343
 2–4 0.960 0.801 0.696 1.322
 5+ 0.288 0.513 0.385 1.611
Biological Sciences degree 1.275 0.061 0.989 1.645
Taken a genetics course 1.174 0.247 0.894 1.541
Taken a course with genetic information 1.009 0.944 0.795 1.280
Charted family tree* 0.824 0.032 0.691 0.983
Charted family health history 1.071 0.472 0.889 1.289
Read about genetics on the Internet (never)
 Not very often 1.020 0.882 0.781 1.333
 Not often 0.914 0.581 0.664 1.258
 Often 0.980 0.918 0.671 1.431
 Very often 1.359 0.346 0.719 2.568
Read about genetics in a newspaper (never)
 Not very often 1.081 0.534 0.845 1.384
 Not often 1.037 0.83 0.744 1.445
 Often 1.361 0.214 0.837 2.212
 Very often 3.276 0.121 0.730 14.696
Read about genetics in a magazine (never)
 Not very often 1.126 0.376 0.866 1.463
 Not often 1.274 0.157 0.911 1.783
 Often 1.189 0.437 0.769 1.837
 Very often 1.151 0.76 0.466 2.844
Read about genetics in a non-fiction book (never)
 Not very often* 0.746 0.013 0.591 0.941
 Not often 0.919 0.556 0.694 1.217
 Often 0.956 0.824 0.644 1.419
 Very often* 0.411 0.007 0.216 0.783
Talked about genetics with relatives (never)
 Not very often 1.124 0.444 0.833 1.516
 Not often 1.161 0.366 0.840 1.605
 Often 1.139 0.513 0.772 1.679
 Very often 1.782 0.078 0.937 3.390
Talked about genetics with friends (never)
 Not very often 1.153 0.343 0.859 1.546
 Not often 1.281 0.142 0.921 1.781
 Often 1.247 0.281 0.834 1.864
 Very often 1.641 0.132 0.861 3.127
Talked about genetics with physician (never)
 Not very often 1.031 0.792 0.823 1.290
 Not often 1.233 0.116 0.950 1.600
 Often 1.112 0.543 0.789 1.567
 Very often 1.506 0.229 0.772 2.937
Heard about genetics on the TV (never)
 Not very often 1.098 0.603 0.772 1.560
 Not often 1.027 0.888 0.711 1.482
 Often 1.102 0.635 0.739 1.642
 Very often 1.343 0.311 0.759 2.374
Heard about genetics on the radio (never)
 Not very often 0.889 0.283 0.718 1.101
 Not often 0.915 0.533 0.691 1.210
 Often 0.678 0.073 0.443 1.036
 Very often 0.491 0.12 0.200 1.204
Numeracy (moderate) 0.889 0.283 0.718 1.101
 Low 1.238 0.072 0.981 1.561
 High 0.763 0.286 0.464 1.254

*is significant at the .05 level.