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Table 4 Associations between health literacy scales and socio-economic characteristics

From: National indicators of health literacy: ability to understand health information and to engage actively with healthcare providers - a population-based survey among Danish adults

 

Understanding1

Engagement1

 

Univariate2

Adjusted3

Univariate2

Adjusted3

 

β

(95% CI)

Î’

(95% CI)

Î’

(95% CI)

β

(95% CI)

Sex (reference group: female)

        

   Male

-0.01

(-0.03, 0.00)

-0.04

(-0.06, -0.03)

0.06

(0.04, 0.08)

0.03

(0.01, 0.05)

Age (reference group: age 25–44)

        

   45-64

-0.06

(-0.08, -0.04)

-0.03

(-0.04, -0.01)

0.00

(-0.02, 0.02)

0.02

(-0.00, 0.04)

   65-84

-0.08

(-0.10, -0.06)

0.07

(0.04, 0.09)

0.06

(0.04, 0.08)

0.18

(0.16, 0.21)

   = > 85

-0.34

(-0.42, -0.27)

-0.13

(-0.22, -0.05)

-0.14

(-0.21, -0.06)

0.07

(-0.02, 0.15)

Origin (reference group: Danish)

        

   Immigrant

-0.14

(-0.19, -0.09)

-0.09

(-0.17, -0.02)

-0.18

(-0.22, -0.13)

-0.09

(-0.17, -0.01)

Mother tongue (reference group: Danish)

        

   Other language

-0.12

(-0.16, -0.08)

-0.02

(-0.08, 0.04)

-0.15

(-0.19, -0.11)

-0.03

(-0.10, 0.03)

Living situation (reference group: With others)

        

   Alone

-0.11

(-0.13, -0.09)

-0.05

(-0.07, -0.03)

-0.08

(-0.11, -0.06)

-0.06

(-0.09, -0.04)

Education level (reference group: High)

        

   Medium

-0.21

(-0.23, -0.20)

-0.19

(-0.21, -0.18)

-0.13

(-0.15, -0.11)

-0.13

(-0.15, -0.11)

   Low

-0.44

(-0.47, -0.42)

-0.38

(-0.41, -0.35)

-0.26

(-0.29, -0.24)

-0.25

(-0.28, -0.22)

Income (DKK) 4 (reference group: >700,000)

        

   0-149,000

-0.37

(-0.42, -0.33)

-0.25

(-0.30, -0.21)

-0.32

(-0.37, -0.28)

-0.26

(-0.31, -0.21)

   150,000 -374,000

-0.26

(-0.30, -0.22)

-0.18

(-0.22, -0.14)

-0.25

(-0.29, -0.21)

-0.18

(-0.23, -0.14)

   375,000-699,000

-0.13

(-0.17, -0.09)

-0.10

(-0.14, -0.06)

-0.12

(-0.16, -0.08)

-0.09

(-0.13, -0.05)

  1. Mean scale scores allowing for two missing responses are used as dependent variable in the regression models; statistically significant differences are printed in bold (p< 0.05). The sample is weighted based on register data to represent the population of the Central Denmark Region 2013.
  2. 1See Table 1 for description of scales.
  3. 2Unadjusted models of the association between each socio-economic characteristic for the scales ‘Understanding’ and ‘Engagement’. Number of individuals varies for the different models due to missing data in the respective socio-economic factor. ‘Understanding’: n= 26,557-27,512. ‘Engagement’: n= 26,589-27,549.
  4. 3Model adjusted for all the socio-economic characteristics in table and for the confounder ‘visit at the general practitioner in the last year’. ‘Understanding’: n= 25,486, ‘Engagement’: n= 25,514.
  5. 4Personal annual gross income. Exchange rate: 7.46 DKK/1 €.
  6. Unadjusted and adjusted models, Central Denmark Region 2013.
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