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Table 1 Attitudes and Experiences of Disadvantage by Respondent Characteristics

From: A healthy mistrust: how worldview relates to attitudes about breast cancer screening in a cross-sectional survey of low-income women

 

Perspectives on Society

Own Life Experiences with Racism

 

Anomie (range: 5–20) Mean

Societal Racism (range:13–52) Mean

Reported Racism %

Talks w/Others %

Takes Action %

Total Group (n = 576)

15.5

35.1

55

86

65

Age n

     

45–64 (356)

15.4

35.0

60 b

90 b

71 c

65–93 (220)

15.7

35.0

46

81

56

Yrs of School

     

< 12 (323)

16.5c

34.6

47c

79c

57c

12+ (253)

14.2

35.7

64

96

75

Income

     

<$10,000/yr (252)

16.3c

34.8

51

81b

61

>$10,000/yr (324)

14.9

35.4

57

90

68

Self-Rated Health

     

Fair/Poor (254)

16.1 c

35.0

54

84

59b

Good/Excellent (322)

15.0

35.2

55

88

70

CES-D Symptoms

     

None (283)

14.9 c

34.7

52

88

64

One or More (293)

16.1

35.5

57

85

66

Work Status

     

Working (239)

15.0b

35.8a

56

89

68

Not Working (337)

15.9

34.6

54

84

63

Home Ownership

     

Owner (326)

15.0 c

35.5

58

88

66

Renter (250)

16.2

34.6

50

84

63

Church Attendance

     

≥ Weekly (372)

15.3a

34.8

57

89 a

64

< Weekly (204)

15.9

35.7

50

81

66

Locally Involved

     

Yes (282)

15.1 b

35.6

63 c

92 c

70 b

No (294)

15.9

34.6

46

81

60

  1. a p < .05 b p < .01 c p < .001