Table 2.
Unadjusted and adjusted associations among demographic, beliefs and ever having had Pap test among eligible study participants (n = 109)
| Ever had a Pap test | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | p | Adjusted (n = 108) | p | |||
| Yes (n = 70) Mean (SD); or n (%) |
No (n = 39) Mean (SD); or n (%) |
Odds ratio (OR) | 95% CI for OR | |||
| Age | 42.8 (11.7) | 34.3 (11.6) | < .001 | 1.03 | 0.98 – 1.09 | .19 |
| Nativity | ||||||
| Sub-Saharan African immigrant | 29 (41.4%) | 16 (41.0%) | .97 | 0.29 | 0.08 – 1.04 | .056 |
| African American | 41 (58.6%) | 23 (59.0%) | 1.00 | |||
| Education | .001 | 2.62 | 1.43 – 4.80 | .002 | ||
| High school | 11 (15.7%) | 17 (43.6%) | ||||
| Some college | 17 (24.3%) | 15 (38.5%) | ||||
| College graduate | 3 (34.3%) | 5 (12.8%) | ||||
| Graduate school | 18 (25.7%) | 2 (5.1%) | ||||
| Insurance status | < .001 | 4.09 | 1.10 – 15.18 | .036 | ||
| Insured | 62 (88.6%) | 20 (51.3%) | ||||
| Uninsured | 8 (11.4%) | 19 (48.7%) | ||||
| Religiosity (10–50) | 34.7 (11.1) | 30.5 (9.8) | .051 | 1.02 | 0.96 – 1.09 | .48 |
| Cancer fatalism items | ||||||
| There’s not much you can do to lower your chances of getting cancer | ||||||
| Agree | 11 (15.7%) | 3 (7.7%) | .23 | – | ||
| Disagree | 59 (84.3%) | 36 (92.3%) | ||||
| When I think of cancer, I automatically think of death | ||||||
| Agree | 7 (10.0%) | 19 (48.7%) | < .001 | 0.24 | 0.07 – 0.88 | .032 |
| Disagree | 63 (90.0%) | 20 (51.3%) | ||||
| Temporal orientation | ||||||
| Future orientation (1–5) | 4.0 (1.0) | 3.8 (0.7) | .41 | – | ||
| Present orientation (4–20) | 8.8 (3.3) | 11.0 (3.3) | < .001 | 0.96 | 0.80 – 1.15 | .63 |
| Acculturation (1–4) | 2.2 (0.5) | 2.5 (0.5) | .020 | 0.73 | 0.24 – 2.25 | .58 |
The regression model was restricted to demographic characteristics and those beliefs significant in the bivariate (unadjusted) analysis