Table 4 Association between health literacy, educational attainment and health related outcomes, HISlink 2018, Belgium
Odds Ratioa (95% CI) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Health behaviour | Health status | Use of medicine | Preventive health care | |||||||
Physical activity | Healthy diet | Alcohol consumption (At least once a week) | Tobacco consumption (Current smokers) | Good perceived health | Poor mental health | Purchase of antibiotics | Preventive dental care | Vaccination against flu | Breast cancer screening | |
Health literacy | ||||||||||
Insufficient level of HL | 0.79 (0.68–0.93)** | 0.72 (0.58–0.89)** | 0.86 (0.74–0.99)** | 1.25 (1.03–1.53)** | 0.56 (0.46–0.68)*** | 1.51 (1.21–1.88)** | 1.03 (0.88–1.20) | 0.99 (0.85–1.15) | 1.25 (0.86–1.81) | 0.89 (0.60–1.33) |
Sufficient level of HL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Educational attainment | ||||||||||
Higher secondary education or lower | 0.54 (0.48–0.62)*** | 0.49 (0.41–0.58)*** | 0.40 (0.36–0.45)*** | 1.85 (1.59–2.15)*** | 0.51 (0.44–0.59)*** | 1.37 (1.15–1.63)** | 1.20 (1.01–1.29)** | 0.48 (0.43–0.55)*** | 1.07 (0.84–1.35) | 0.64 (0.49–0.84)** |
Higher education | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Educational attainment and HL interaction term | 0.89 (0.70–1.13) | 0.93 (0.67–1.29) | 1.00 (0.82–1.23) | 0.96 (0.75–1.23) | 0.89 (0.70–1.13) | 0.98 (0.73–1.31) | 1.09 (0.87–1.36) | 0.70 (0.51–0.95)** | 0.89 (0.57–1.40) | 1.00 (0.60–1.66) |