Health literacy and its effect on chronic disease prevention: evidence from China’s data

BMC Public Health

Table 3 OLS estimates on having any chronic disease

Dep: Has any chronic disease	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Sample	All	All	All	All	All
Adequate health literacy on CDP (=1)	−0.048***	− 0.034***	−0.025**	0.018*	0.018*
	(0.011)	(0.011)	(0.011)	(0.011)	(0.011)
Region (=1 urban)		−0.059***			0.018*
		(0.010)			(0.010)
Gender (=1 male)		0.002			−0.000
		(0.010)			(0.009)
Annual income (log)		−0.024***			−0.010***
		(0.003)			(0.003)
Household size		−0.027***			−0.005*
		(0.003)			(0.003)
Occupation (Base: 1:Public sectors)
2:Farmers			0.244***		0.020
			(0.018)		(0.020)
3:Manual labourers			0.108***		0.023
			(0.019)		(0.020)
4:Private sectors			0.034*		0.011
			(0.019)		(0.018)
5:Other			0.120***		−0.009
			(0.018)		(0.019)
Age group (Base: 1:Aged 15–44)
2:Aged 45–59				0.200***	0.198***
				(0.012)	(0.012)
3:Aged 60–69				0.403***	0.397***
				(0.015)	(0.015)
Education (Base: 1:Illiterate)
2:Elementary				− 0.025	− 0.024
				(0.018)	(0.018)
3:Middle				−0.065***	−0.060***
				(0.018)	(0.019)
4:High school				−0.063***	−0.056***
				(0.020)	(0.022)
5:College or above				−0.081***	−0.071***
				(0.022)	(0.024)
Observations	8194	8194	8194	8194	8194
R-squared	0.002	0.025	0.038	0.153	0.155

Note: The dependent variable is a binary variable indicating whether a respondent has any chronic disease (=1 if has any chronic disease, 0 otherwise). Estimates on the constant are not reported. ***p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1. Standard errors in parentheses

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