A national survey of ambient air pollution health literacy among adult residents of Taiwan

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Multiple linear regression models of ambient air pollution health literacy score in relation to socio-demographic characteristics (n = 1297)

Characteristics	Mean ± SD	Adjusted β	p-value
Gender
Men	2.89 ± 0.59	Ref.	Ref.
Women	2.91 ± 0.53	0.02	0.46
Age (years)
20–34	2.96 ± 0.57	Ref.	Ref.
35–44	2.89 ± 0.57	−0.004	0.94
45–54	2.88 ± 0.53	0.01	0.86
55–64	2.91 ± 0.56	0.06	0.25
> =65	2.87 ± 0.54	0.02	0.81
Education
Junior high school and lower	2.81 ± 0.56	−0.15	0.01
High school	2.85 ± 0.58	−0.09	0.02
College	2.93 ± 0.54	Ref.	Ref.
Graduate studies	3.02 ± 0.52	0.08	0.20
Occupation
Clerks	2.85 ± 0.53	−0.05	0.46
Service workers and shop and market sales workers	2.86 ± 0.60	Ref.	Ref.
Technology professionals	3.01 ± 0.53	0.11	0.14
Construction workers	2.87 ± 0.71	−0.002	0.98
Agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, and fishing workers	2.93 ± 0.42	0.03	0.69
Transportation and communication workers	2.80 ± 0.47	−0.07	0.33
Teachers, athletes, and art performers	2.96 ± 0.53	0.06	0.35
Healthcare and social workers	2.86 ± 0.63	−0.04	0.68
Legislators, government administrators, business executives and managers	2.95 ± 0.49	0.01	0.88
Others (including housekeeper, retirees, and students)	2.92 ± 0.55	0.07	0.16
Living arrangement
Living alone	2.92 ± 0.65	Ref.	Ref.
Living with	2.90 ± 0.54	0.01	0.84
Children < 12 years	3.00 ± 0.48	0.15	0.04
Someone who is a student and aged > = 12 years	2.88 ± 0.56	0.03	0.64
Elderly people aged > = 65	2.88 ± 0.53	−0.03	0.56
Marital status
Single	2.98 ± 0.54	0.10	0.02
Married	2.88 ± 0.56	Ref.	Ref.
Others	2.86 ± 0.57	0.01	0.84
Area of living
North	2.86 ± 0.58	Ref.	Ref.
Central	2.94 ± 0.51	0.09	0.02
South	2.90 ± 0.55	0.05	0.23
East and remote islands	3.13 ± 0.47	0.25	< 0.01

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