Table 2:
Age-weighted sociodemographic characteristics and cancer history of deaf and hearing women who answered “yes” to heard of genetic testing question in HINTS-ASL and HINTS
| Deaf | Hearing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subgroups | % | % | X2 (p-value) | |||
| Age Group | 42.03* (<.001) | |||||
| 18–34 | 26.5% | 15.4% | ||||
| 35–49 | 34.5% | 23.2% | ||||
| 50–64 | 28.0% | 33.5% | ||||
| 65+ | 11.0% | 27.9% | ||||
| Race | 20.90* (<.001 | |||||
| White | 78.2% | 67.7% | ||||
| Black | 3.0% | 13.9% | ||||
| Hispanic | 9.6% | 10.8% | ||||
| Asian | 5.1% | 3.1% | ||||
| Other | 4.1% | 4.6% | ||||
| Education | 30.52* (<.001) | |||||
| High school | 11.8% | 24.7% | ||||
| Some college | 14.9% | 23.1% | ||||
| College | 73.3% | 52.2% | ||||
| Family history of cancer | 2.27 (.32) | |||||
| None | 15.4% | 19.4% | ||||
| Have history | 82.1% | 77.2% | ||||
| Not sure | 2.6% | 3.4% | ||||
| Personal history of cancer | 11.16* (<.001) | |||||
| None | 74.4% | 84.1% | ||||
| Have or had cancer | 25.6% | 15.9% | ||||
| 59.69* (<.001) | ||||||
| No | 80.5% | 92.6% | ||||
| Yes | 15.5% | 7.4% | ||||
| Don’t know | 4.0% | 0.0% | ||||
*
Asterisk denotes significance.