Table 4.

Multiple regression model predicting the avoidance of routine physicals because of religious/cultural issues^§.

Variable	Coefficient	Standard Error (Bootstrap)	95% CI (Bias-Corrected)	p-value (Bootstrap)
Educationa	−0.083	0.04	(−.16, −0.01)	0.03
Religious Frequencyb	−0.062	0.04	(−.13, 0.01)	0.08
Same Sexc	0.126	0.07	(−.013, 0.26)	0.07
Same Religiond	0.40	0.10	0.21, 0.59)	< 0.001
Same Culturee	0.212	0.09	(0.03, 0.40)	0.03

^§1–4 scale (1 = strongly disagree 2 = somewhat disagree 3 = somewhat agree 4 = strongly agree).

^aEducation ranked from high school or less- some college-college- post-college.

^bReligious frequency ranked from: never or less than once/year – several times/year – about once a month- 2–3 times a month – greater than 3 times/month.

^cSame sex means: It is important for my healthcare provider to be of the same sex as me, that is, a female doctor for a female patient. And is ranked from strongly disagree- somewhat disagree-somewhat agree- strongly agree.

^dSame religion means: It is important for my healthcare provider to be of the same religion as me. And is ranked from strongly disagree- somewhat disagree-somewhat agree- strongly agree.

^eSame culture means: It is important for my healthcare provider to be of the same culture as me. And is ranked from strongly disagree- somewhat disagree-somewhat agree- strongly agree.