International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 2 Respondents' Medical Care Attitudes by Social and Psychological Characteristics

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

	Race Concordance w/MD				Fears Research At Hospitals	Screening Motivation*
	Prefers		No Preference
	Has	Does Not	Has	Does Not
	%	%	%	%	%	Mean
Total Group (n = 576)	11	21	13	55	59	31.2
Age n
45–64 (356)	10	16	15	59 ^b	57	32.4 ^c
65–93 (220)	11	29	10	50	62	29.2
Yrs of School
< 12 (323)	12	27	12	49 ^b	63^a	29.8^c
12+ (253)	10	13	14	63	54	33.1
Income
<$10,000/year (252)	11	26	14	49^a	58	29.7^c
>$10,000/year (324)	10	17	13	60	61	32.4
Self Rated Health
Fair/Poor (254)	12	22	11	54	61	30.4^b
Good/Excellent (322)	10	19	15	52	57	31.9
CES-D Symptoms
None (283)	9	17	14	60 ^a	59	31.8^b
One or More (293)	12	25	12	51	59	30.6
Work Status
Working (239)	11	16	11	62 ^a	58	32.3^c
Not Working (337)	10	25	15	50	60	30.5
Home Ownership
Owner (326)	11	19	14	56	57	31.8^b
Renter (250)	11	23	12	54	62	30.5
Church Attendance
≥ Weekly (372)	11	18	14	57	58	31.5
< Weekly (204)	11	25	12	52	61	30.7
Locally Involved
Yes (282)	13	19	13	55	56	31.8^a
No (294)	8	23	13	56	62	30.7

* Possible index scores range from 13 to 43
a p < .05, b p < .01, c p < .001

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