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Table 4 Differences in Retention, Knowledge Preferences, Perceptions, and Primary Language by Cultural Sub-groups.

From: Heterogeneity within the Asian American community

Questions

Asian Indian1

Chinese1

Filipino1

Japanese1

Korean1

Vietnamese1

Chi-square significance

Retained in study through follow up

56%

67%

69%

62%

76%

65%

.02

Breast cancer knowledge reported sufficient

44%

37%

40%

43%

17%

45%

.0005

Willing to share breast cancer knowledge with family and friends

87%

95%

97%

87%

84%

91%

.001

Perceived receptivity of family and friends to breast cancer knowledge

65%

73%

75%

76%

86%

68%

.0005

Prefer to get knowledge from classroom setting

24%

18%

21%

30%

36%

22%

.002

Prefer to get new health knowledge by mail

81%

74%

68%

66%

76%

52%

.0005

Prefer to get new health knowledge by telephone

24%

19%

31%

23%

34%

38%

.0005

Receive free information in the future to keep family healthy

83%

95%

92%

72%

89%

95%

.0005

Willing to receive information of personal nature

81%

91%

91%

72%

84%

91%

.002

English as a Native Language

7%

6%

7%

15%

2%

1%

.001

  1. 1 The numbers represent only women who provided valid data for these questions.