Table 3.
Unadjusted and adjusted associations among demographic, beliefs and having ever had a mammogram among eligible study participants (n = 49)
| Ever had a mammogram | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | p | Adjusted (n = 49) | P | |||
| Yes (n = 40) Mean (SD); or n (%) |
No (n = 9) Mean (SD); or n (%) |
Odds ratio (OR) | 95% CI for OR | |||
| Age | 52.9 (8.2) | 44.4 (3.2) | < .001 | 1.57 | 1.06 – 2.32 | .024 |
| Nativity | .92 | .66 | ||||
| Sub-Saharan African immigrant | 23 (57.5%) | 5 (55.6%) | 1.75 | 0.14 – 21.92 | ||
| African American | 17 (42.5%) | 4 (44.4%) | 1.00 | |||
| Education | .53 | 1.21 | 0.40 – 3.70 | .73 | ||
| High school | 9 (22.5%) | 2 (22.2%) | ||||
| Some college | 8 (20.0%) | 2 (22.2%) | ||||
| College graduate | 10 (25.0%) | 4 (44.4%) | ||||
| Graduate school | 13 (32.5%) | 1 (11.1%) | ||||
| Insurance status | .64 | 0.05 | < 0.01 – 219.38 | .49 | ||
| Insured | 33 (82.5%) | 8 (88.9%) | ||||
| Uninsured | 7 (17.5%) | 1 (11.1%) | ||||
| Religiosity (10–50) | 37.6 (11.0) | 37.9 (8.4) | .95 | – | ||
| Cancer fatalism items | ||||||
| There’s not much you can do to lower your chances of getting cancer | ||||||
| Agree | 6 (15.0%) | 1 (11.1%) | .99 | – | ||
| Disagree | 34 (85.0%) | 8 (88.9%) | ||||
| When I think of cancer, I automatically think of death | .57 | – | ||||
| Agree | 3 (7.5%) | 1 (11.1%) | ||||
| Disagree | 37 (92.5%) | 8 (88.9%) | ||||
| Temporal orientation | ||||||
| Future orientation (1–5) | 3.9 (1.1) | 3.6 (1.2) | .41 | – | ||
| Present orientation (4–20) | 8.4 (2.9) | 12.3 (3.2) | < .001 | 0.42 | 0.22 – 0.80 | .009 |
| Acculturation (1–4) | 2.2 (0.4) | 2.3 (0.5) | .57 | – | ||
The regression model was restricted to demographic characteristics and those beliefs significant in the bivariate (unadjusted) analysis