From: Associations of functional health literacy with socioeconomic and demographic status among Filipinos
Characteristics | APR1 (95% CI2) | P3 |
---|---|---|
Sex | ||
 Female | Ref 0.92 (0.84–0.99) |  |
 Male |  | 0.03 |
Age (years) | ||
 15–35 | Ref |  |
 36–59 | 0.85 (0.79–0.91) | < 0.001 |
 60 or above | 0.72 (0.63–0.82) | < 0.001 |
Civil status | ||
 Single | Ref |  |
 Live-in/Married | 1.01 (0.94–1.10) | 0.71 |
 Separated/Divorced | 0.79 (0.56–1.13) | 0.19 |
 Widowed | 0.79 (0.65–0.95) | 0.01 |
Education | ||
 Up to elementary graduate | Ref |  |
 HS level/graduate | 1.23 (1.09–1.38) | 0.001 |
 At least college level | 1.43 (1.27–1.60) | < 0.001 |
 Vocational | 1.46 (1.28–1.67) | < 0.001 |
Occupation | ||
 None | Ref |  |
 Professional/ managerial/ technical | 1.11 (0.98–1.25) | 0.11 |
 Unskilled manual | 1.06 (0.97–1.15) | 0.19 |
 Skilled manual | 1.05 (0.91–1,22) | 0.50 |
 Domestic service | 1.19 (1.03–1.37) | 0.02 |
 Agricultural/ forestry/ fishery | 0.87 (0.71–1.06) | 0.17 |
 Armed forces & others | 1.16 (0.96–1.39) | 0.12 |
Income (PHP4) | ||
 < 40,000 | Ref |  |
 40,000 – 59,999 | 0.95 (0.83–1.10) | 0.51 |
 60,000 – 99,999 | 1.12 (0.99–1.26) | 0.07 |
 100,000 – 249,999 | 1.17 (1.04–1.30) | 0.007 |
  ≥ 250,000 | 1.29 (1.14–1.47) |  < 0.001 |
Residence | ||
 Rural | Ref |  |
 Urban | 1.14 (1.06–1.24) | 0.001 |
Insurance | ||
 None | Ref |  |
 Private | 1.16 (1.01–1.33) | 0.04 |
 Public | 1.11 (1.01–1.21) | 0.04 |
 Private & public | 1.21 (1.15–1.39) | 0.009 |