The Influences of Health Insurance and Access to Information on Prostate Cancer Screening among Men in Dominican Republic

Table 1

Descriptive statistics.

Variables	Frequency (%)
Prostate cancer testing
No	69.35
Yes	30.65
Health insurance
No	38.33
Yes	61.67
Being told by a doctor that your cholesterol level is high
No	41.01
Yes	58.98
Received information on prostate cancer prevention
No	40.98
Yes	59.02
Education
None	8.59
Primary	57.33
Secondary	22.71
Tertiary and higher	11.37
Listen to radio
None	6.69
Often	15.83
Very often	77.48
Watch television
None	5.26
Often	12.35
Very often	82.40
Read newspapers
None	39.45
Often	19.82
Very often	40.73
Age of respondent (mean)	49
Marital status
Never married	5.81
Married	71.49
Separated	22.71
Religion
Catholic	57.61
Other Christians	15.50
No religion	26.88
Region of residence
0	12.63
I	10.67
II	12.16
III	11.34
IV	8.99
V	10.67
VI	10.88
VII	10.82
VIII	11.86
Place of residence
urban	66.29
Rural	33.71
Wealth
Poorer	27.32
Poor	19.71
Middle	19.53
Richer	17.57
Richest	15.86
Observation	3,272