TABLE 2.

Characteristics associated with colorectal cancer screening among women and men

	Women		Men
Variables	OR (95% CI)a		OR (95% CI)a
Predisposing factors
Age	1.06b (1.05–1.08)		1.07b (1.06–1.09)
Sexual orientation
Homosexual	Ref	—	Ref	—
Straight/heterosexual	1.38	0.89–2.14	0.61c	0.38–0.98
Marital status
Unmarried	Ref	—	Ref	—
Married/cohabiting with a partner	1.41b	1.23–1.62	1.40b	1.21–1.62
Race/Ethnicity
White	Ref	—	Ref	—
Black	1.51b	1.22–1.86	1.37c	1.08–1.74
Asian	0.82	0.56–1.20	0.90	0.61–1.32
AI/AN	0.48c	0.24–0.95	0.82	0.42–1.59
Hispanic	0.94	0.72–1.22	1.07	0.59–1.93
Other race/ethnicity	1.17	0.74–1.87	0.98	0.75–1.30
Educational attainment
<HS/GED	Ref	—	Ref	—
HS/GED	1.00	0.77–1.29	1.35c	1.02–1.78
Some college/no degree	1.12	0.86–1.46	1.50c	1.12–2.00
Associate-Bachelor's	1.23	0.94–1.61	1.53d	1.16–2.02
>Bachelor's	1.57d	1.15–2.14	1.70d	1.21–2.38
Nativity
U.S. citizen by birth	Ref	—	Ref	—
Living in the United States for ≤10 years	0.44c	0.21–0.93	0.25d	0.10–0.64
Living in the United States for >10 years	0.99	0.78–1.27	0.79c	0.63–1.00
Region of residence
Northeast	Ref	—	Ref	—
Midwest	1.00	0.82–1.22	0.73d	0.59–0.90
South	0.90	0.75–1.07	0.77d	0.64–0.92
West	1.05	0.86–1.29	0.86	0.70–1.11
Area of residence
Large central metropolitan	Ref	—	Ref	—
Large fringe metropolitan	0.89	0.75–1.07	1.17	0.96–1.42
Medium-small metropolitan	1.02	0.86–1.20	1.09	0.92–1.29
Non-metropolitan	0.84	0.69–1.03	0.88	0.70–1.11
Enabling factors
Employment status
Unemployed	Ref	—	Ref	—
Employed	0.90	0.77–1.04	0.96	0.80–1.16
Problems paying medical bills
No problems paying medical bills	Ref	—	Ref	—
Problems paying medical bills	0.96	0.78–1.18	0.88	0.69–1.12
Worry about paying medical bills
Not at all worried	Ref	—	Ref	—
Somewhat worried	0.92	0.79–1.07	0.91	0.78–1.06
Very worried	0.90	0.74–1.10	1.01	0.79–1.28
Federal poverty level
>400% FPL	Ref	—	Ref	—
≤138% FPL	0.71c	0.55–0.91	0.59b	0.45–0.77
>138%–250% FPL	0.95	0.78–1.15	0.71d	0.56–0.89
>250%–400% FPL	0.89	0.75–1.05	0.79c	0.66–0.95
Insurance coverage
Private insurance	Ref	—	Ref	—
Uninsured	0.43b	0.33–0.58	0.45b	0.33–0.61
Medicaid	0.98	0.70–1.37	0.88	0.59–1.32
Military insurance	0.82	0.50–1.34	1.74c	1.14–2.65
Medicare	0.79c	0.64–0.96	0.94	0.74–1.19
Other insurance	0.87	0.72–1.07	0.76c	0.60–0.96
Usual source of care
No usual source of care	Ref	—	Ref	—
Usual source of care–Doctor's office	2.71b	1.89–3.88	4.67b	3.45–6.32
Usual source of care–Other medical facility	1.77d	1.16–2.71	3.48b	2.44–4.96
Children in household	0.91	0.80–1.03	0.91	0.81–1.03
Need factors
Health status
Excellent health	Ref	—	Ref	—
Very good health	0.98	0.82–1.17	0.88	0.73–1.07
Good health	0.87	0.72–1.06	0.87	0.71–1.06
Fair/Poor health	0.74d	0.60–0.92	0.82	0.64–1.05
BMI category
Healthy weight	Ref	—	Ref	—
Underweight	0.97	0.63–1.50	1.05	0.38–2.95
Overweight	0.99	0.84–1.15	1.05	0.89–1.24
Obese	1.10	0.94–1.29	1.08	0.89–1.30
History of any cancer
No personal history of cancer	Ref	—	Ref	—
Personal history of cancer	1.36d	1.14–1.62	1.30c	1.05–1.60

NOTE: Definition of NHIS and data source can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/about_nhis.htm.

Abbreviation: Ref, reference category.

^aPercentage and 95% CI values are weighted.

^b P < 0.001.

^c P < 0.05.

^d P <0.01.