Table 1. Baseline characteristics and breast screening practices among 240 Latina and NLW women aged >40 years and residing in a rural underserved area.
| Variable | Category | Latinas | NLW | Pa | County 1 | County 2 | P |
| N=108, 34.4% | N=132, 65.6% | N=64 | N=176 | ||||
| Age (years) | Mean (SD) | 49.9 (7.8) | 52.4 (7.4) | .01b | 51.3 (8.3) | 51.25 (7.5) | .94 |
| Ethnicity | Latina | - | - | 22 (34.4) | 86 (58.9) | .05 | |
| NLW | 42 (65.6) | 90 (51.1) | |||||
| County of residence | County 1 | 22 (20.4) | 42 (31.8) | .05 | - | - | |
| County 2 | 86 (79.6) | 90 (68.2) | |||||
| Country of birth | Mexico | 92 (85.2) | 0 | <.0001 | 16 (25.0) | 76 (43.2) | .002 |
| Other Latin American Country | 5 (4.6) | 0 | 2 (3.1) | 3 (1.7) | |||
| US | 8 (7.4) | 130 (98.4) | 42 (65.6) | 96 (54.6) | |||
| Europe | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 0 | 1 (0.6) | |||
| Missingc | 3 (2.8) | 1 (0.8) | 4 (6.3) | 0 | |||
| Marital status | Married/marriage-like relationship | 72 (66.7) | 91 (68.9) | .71 | 41 (64.1) | 122 (69.3) | .44 |
| Separated/divorced/widowed/never married/single | 36 (33.3) | 41 (31.1) | 23 (35.9) | 54 (30.7) | |||
| Education (years) | <12 | 83 (76.9) | 10 (7.6) | <.0001 | 24 (37.5) | 69 (39.2) | .8 |
| >12 | 25 (23.1) | 122 (92.4) | 40 (62.5) | 107 (60.8) | |||
| Any health insurance (private/Medi-care/Medicaid) | Yes | 30 (27.8) | 105 (79.6) | <.0001 | 35 (54.9) | 100 (56.8) | .8 |
| No | 78 (72.2) | 26 (19.6) | 29 (45.3) | 75 (42.6) | |||
| Missingc | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 0 | 1 (0.6) | |||
| Regular clinic that you attend? | Yes | 85 (78.7) | 109 (82.6) | .45 | 59 (92.2) | 135 (76.7) | .007 |
| No | 23 (21.3) | 23 (17.4) | 5 (7.8) | 41 (23.3) | |||
| Family history of breast cancer | Yes | 23 (21.3) | 42 (31.8) | .07 | 24 (37.5) | 41 (23.3) | .03 |
| No | 85 (78.7) | 90 (68.2) | 40 (62.5) | 135 (76.7) | |||
| Income | <$25,000 | 60 (55.6) | 17 (12.9) | <.0001 | 21 (32.8) | 56 (31.8) | .98 |
| >$25,000 | 18 (16.7) | 43 (32.6) | 16 (25.0) | 45 (25.6) | |||
| Refused/missingc | 30 (27.8) | 72 (54.65) | 27 (42.2) | 75 (42.6) | |||
| Ever heard of a mammogram? | Yes | 104 (96.3) | 132 (100) | .03 | 35 (94.6) | 99 (98.0) | .29 |
| No | 4 (3.7) | 0 | 2 (5.4) | 2 (2.0) | |||
| Ever had a mammogram? | Yes | 86 (79.6) | 114 (86.4) | .08 | 30 (81.1) | 88 (87.1) | .37 |
| No | 22 (20.4) | 18 (13.6) | 7 (18.9) | 13 (12.9) |
a. Pearson Chi test, unless otherwise specified.
b. t-test.
c. Missing data omitted from analysis.
NLW, Non-Latina White; SD, standard deviation.