Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of women adherent to breast cancer guidelines, by place of birth, NHIS 2015
| Â | Total | Place of birth n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
US-born | Foreign-born | p value | ||
CRC screening adherent | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 665 (55.52%) | 515 (58.26%) | 150 (46.46%) | 0.0005 |
No | 541 (44.48%) | 374 (41.74%) | 167 (53.54%) | Â |
Types of CRC screening | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Sigmoidoscopy | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 16 (1.47%) | 9 (1.27%) | 7 (2.13%) | Â 0.2910 |
No | 1182 (98.53%) | 875 (98.73%) | 307 (97.87%) | Â |
Colonoscopy | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 602 (50.33%) | 470 (52.77%) | 132 (42.21%) | 0.0015 |
No | 595 (49.67%) | 414 (47.23%) | 181 (57.49%) | Â |
Fecal occult blood test | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 124 (10.81%) | 94 (11.31%) | 30 (9.16%) | Â 0.2901 |
No | 1078 (89.19%) | 793 (88.69%) | 285 (90.84%) | Â |
Personal characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â |
50–64 | 841 (70.98%) | 630 (72.37%) | 211 (66.39%) | 0.056 |
65+ | 365 (29.02%) | 259 (27.63%) | 106 (33.61%) | Â |
Race/ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â |
White | 607 (58.38%) | 571 (70.80%) | 36 (17.22%) | < 0.001 |
Hispanic | 245 (16.14%) | 65 (5.56%) | 180 (51.13%) | Â |
Black | 248 (18.03%) | 220 (20.76%) | 28 (8.99%) | Â |
Asian | 106 (7.48%) | 33 (2.88%) | 73 (22.67%) | Â |
Degree | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No high school degree | 193 (12.82%) | 67 (6.24%) | 126 (34.59%) | < 0.001 |
High school degree | 289 (22.90%) | 218 (23.42%) | 71 (21.19%) | Â |
Some college/associate degree | 364 (30.80%) | 311 (34.81%) | 53 (17.53%) | Â |
College degree or higher | 358 (33.48%) | 292 (35.53%) | 66 (26.69%) | Â |
Federal poverty level | Â | Â | Â | Â |
≤ 138% | 280 (19.48%) | 168 (16.22%) | 112 (30.27%) | < 0.001 |
139–200% | 126 (9.38%) | 83 (8.28%) | 43 (13.02%) |  |
210–400% | 328 (26.95%) | 243 (27.55%) | 85 (24.96%) |  |
≥ 410% | 472 (44.19%) | 395 (47.95%) | 77 (31.75%) |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Married | 593 (53.56%) | 428 (53.30%) | 165 (54.42%) | 0.411 |
Widowed/divorced/separated | 469 (36.81%) | 345 (36.51%) | 124 (37.81%) | Â |
Single | 140 (9.63%) | 112 (10.19%) | 28 (7.78%) | Â |
Region | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Northeast | 218 (18.72%) | 134 (15.75%) | 84 (28.57%) | < 0.001 |
North Central/Midwest | 204 (18.41%) | 172 (20.39%) | 32 (11.86%) | Â |
South | 439 (40.00%) | 353 (43.38%) | 86 (28.83%) | Â |
West | 345 (22.87%) | 230 (20.48%) | 115 (30.74%) | Â |
Language spoken | Â | Â | Â | Â |
English | 796 (69.65%) | 749 (85.41%) | 47 (17.54%) | < 0.001 |
Mostly English | 154 (13.44%) | 105 (11.75%) | 49 (10.02%) | Â |
Only Spanish/other language | 137 (9.34%) | 6 (0.65%) | 131 (38.09%) | Â |
Mostly Spanish | 48 (3.05%) | 0 (0.00%) | 48 (13.14%) | Â |
Spanish and English equally | 71 (4.51%) | 29 (2.19%) | 42 (12.19%) | Â |
Place of birth | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Foreign-born | 317 (23.22%) | – | – | – |
U.S.-born | 889 (76.78%) | – | – | – |
Insurance | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Private | 614 (55.96%) | 468 (57.55%) | 146 (50.73%) | < 0.001 |
Medicaid | 111 (7.33%) | 70 (6.65%) | 41 (9.55%) | Â |
Medicare | 158 (12.24%) | 109 (11.10%) | 49 (16.01%) | Â |
Dual eligible | 62 (4.01%) | 33 (2.84%) | 29 (8.24%) | Â |
Other | 199 (16.61%) | 172 (18.53%) | 27 (8.90%) | Â |
None | 59 (3.76%) | 34 (2.91%) | 25 (6.57%) | Â |
Breast cancer risk | Â | Â | Â | Â |
More likely to get cancer | 48 (4.72%) | 33 (4.35%) | 15 (5.67%) | 0.460 |
Less likely | 589 (49.80%) | 445 (50.47%) | 144 (47.54%) | Â |
About as likely | 501 (45.49%) | 364 (45.19%) | 137 (46.50%) | Â |
CRC risk | Â | Â | Â | Â |
More likely to get cancer | 17 (1.03%) | 7 (0.57%) | 10 (2.56%) | 0.008 |
Less likely | 632 (56.55%) | 479 (57.62%) | 153 (52.95%) | Â |
About as likely | 475 (42.42%) | 343 (41.80%) | 132 (44.49%) | Â |