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Table 4 Multiple logistic regressions for the factors related to CDHL

From: Health literacy in Beijing: an assessment of adults’ knowledge and skills regarding communicable diseases

Participant characteristics

OR

95.0 % C.I.for OR

P

Lower

Upper

Gender

     
 

male

reference

   
 

female

1.24

1.14

1.34

<0.001

Age-group

    

<0.001

 

18–29

reference

  

<0.001

 

30–39

1.39

1.22

1.59

<0.001

 

40–49

1.26

1.10

1.44

0.001

 

50–59

1.32

1.14

1.53

<0.001

 

60-

1.19

0.99

1.42

0.059

Highest level of education

    
 

illiteracy

reference

  

<0.001

 

primary school

2.74

1.63

4.61

<0.001

 

junior high school

6.07

3.67

10.05

<0.001

 

senior high school

10.90

6.56

18.11

<0.001

 

college or above

19.18

11.47

32.07

<0.001

Occupation

    
 

students

reference

  

<0.001

 

peasants

0.93

0.72

1.21

0.592

 

manual workers

0.60

0.42

0.86

0.005

 

employee of enterprise

1.09

0.86

1.38

0.485

 

migrant workers

0.73

0.52

1.01

0.061

 

service workers

0.85

0.65

1.10

0.218

 

civil servants and public institutions’ staff

1.20

0.93

1.54

0.169

 

healthcare workers

3.13

2.20

4.46

<0.001

 

retirees

1.26

0.96

1.65

0.091

 

people waiting for employment

0.82

0.62

1.08

0.160

 

others

1.53

1.07

2.19

0.020

Self-reported health status

    
 

excellent

reference

  

<0.001

 

good

0.65

0.59

0.73

<0.001

 

normal

0.52

0.47

0.59

<0.001

 

bad

0.52

0.41

0.66

<0.001

 

very bad

0.46

0.26

0.81

0.007

Region

     
 

urban

reference

   
 

suburb

0.87

0.79

0.97

0.010