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Table 4 Logistic regression predicting the probabilities of having limited eHL (eHEALS) in the study population

From: Health literacy and e-health literacy among Arabic-speaking migrants in Sweden: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Crude OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

Native language

 Swedish

Ref.

  

Ref.

  

 Arabic

1.75**

1.24

2.45

2.35*

1.13

4.86

Biological sex

 Male

Ref.

  

Ref.

  

 Female

1.05

0.75

1.48

0.89

0.58

1.36

Age

 19–24

Ref.

  

Ref.

  

 25–54

1.08

0.61

1.91

0.69

0.34

1.41

 55–64

1.66

0.82

3.36

1.03

0.44

2.41

 65+

2.51*

1.32

4.76

1.65

0.74

3.70

Education

 Academic education

Ref.

  

Ref.

  

 7–12 years

1.58*

1.11

2.25

1.68*

1.07

2.63

 0–6 years

2.94**

1.42

6.08

1.63

0.63

4.20

General self-perceived health

 Very good or good

Ref.

  

Ref.

  

 Neither, bad, or very bad

1.60*

1.14

2.24

1.03

0.53

2.00

Frequency of internet use

 Every or several days per week

Ref.

  

Ref.

  

 One day per week or less

11.17**

4.54

27.45

4.03*

1.33

12.24

Usability of the Internet

 Useful or very useful

Ref.

  

Ref.

  

 Unsure

5.35**

3.45

8.29

3.04**

1.81

5.09

 Not very useful or not useful at all

15.77**

7.82

31.81

6.77**

2.80

16.38

Importance of the Internet

 Important or very important

Ref.

  

Ref.

  

 Unsure

6.17**

3.92

9.72

2.56**

1.47

4.46

 Not very important or not important at all

8.02**

4.38

14.69

1.74

0.76

4.01

  1. Ref. = reference category Adjusted OR (full model) R2 = 0.21 (Hosmer & Lemeshow), 0.23 (Cox & Snell), 0.33 (Nagelkerke). Model χ2 (1) = 157.5, p < 0.01. *Significant at p < 0.05 **Significant at p < 0.01. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, OR Odds ratio