Skip to main content

Table 5 Odds ratios (ORs) of having inadequate CHL in the study population

From: Health literacy among refugees in Sweden – a cross-sectional study

  

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3 (Final model)

Variables

Crude ORa(95% CI)

ORb(95% CI)

ORc(95% CI)

ORd(95% CI)

Sex

        

 Men

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Women

0.82

(0.48-1.40)

1.12

(0.60-2.06)

0.93

(0.45-1.91)

0.84

(0.39-1.81)

Age

        

 18-24

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 25-44

1.84

0.18-1.92)

1.90

(0.67-5.41)

1.62

(0.54-4.88)

1.29

(0.40-4.17)

 45-

0.85

0.36-1.66)

1.55

(0.47-5.19)

1.49

(0.40-5.55)

1.01

(0.25-4.12)

Education

        

 0-6 years

1.04

(0.60-1.81)

1.02

(0.53-1.95)

1.11

(0.50-2.47)

0.76

(0.33-1.77)

 7 years or more

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

FHL

        

 Inadeqate

2.47

(1.19–5.13)*

    

3.97

(1.23–12.89)*

 Problematic

0.83

(0.31-2.24)

    

1.02

(0.24-4.38)

 Sufficient

1

     

1

 

Years of resid. permit

       

 0-2 years

1.68

(0.88-3.21)

1.87

(0.90-3.88)

1.87

(0.81-4.33)

2.31

(0.92-5.84)

 More than 2 years

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

Long-term illness

        

 No

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Yes

2.06

(1.20–3.55)**

2.53

(1.26–4.72)**

2.16

1.01–4.62)*

2.05

(0.91-4.60)

Country

        

 Iraq

1

   

1

 

1

 

 Other country

1.40

(0.55-3.57)

  

1.23

(0.40-3.73)

1.24

(0.37-4.21)

 Syria

0.75

(0.30-1.87)

  

0.44

(0.14-1.41)

0.41

(0.12-1.41)

 Afghanistan

1.23

(0.44-3.48)

  

0.98

(0.30-3.24)

0.96

(0.27-3.39)

 Somalia

0.71

0.30-1.67)

  

0.81

(0.31-2.50)

0.81

(0.27-2.42)

  1. aCrude OR for considered explanatory factors; bAdj. OR for included explanatory factors: sex, age, education, years of permanent resident permit, long-term illness; cAdj. OR for included explanatory factors in model 1 + country; dAdj. OR for included explanatory factors in model 2 + FHL. *Significant at p < 0.05 **Significant at p < 0.01.