Table 4 Results of concurrent predictive validity– Associations of health literacy with five social determinants of health and three health consequences (N = 14,184)
From: Measuring General Health Literacy in Chinese adults: validation of the HLS19-Q12 instrument
Predictor | Health literacy | Health status | Health compromising behaviours | Health service use | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unstandardised β (95% CI) | Standardised Beta | Unstandardised β (95% CI) | Standardised Beta | Unstandardised β (95% CI) | Standardised Beta | Unstandardised β (95% CI) | Standardised Beta | |
Health literacy (continuous) | - | - | -0.007 (-0.008, -0.007) | -0.21 | -0.008 (-0.009, -0.007) | -0.13 | -0.009 (-0.011, -0.008) | -0.12 |
Sex | 0.47 (-0.55, 1.49) | 0.01 | -0.09 (-0.13, -0.06) | -0.05 | 1.17 (1.11, 1.22) | 0.38 | -0.16 (-0.24, -0.08) | -0.04 |
Age | -0.07 (-0.15, 0.02) | -0.02 | 0.01 (0, 0.01) | 0.04 | -0.03 (-0.04, -0.03) | -0.13 | 0.01 (0, 0.01) | 0.02 |
Ethnicity | 1.42 (-1.46, 4.31) | 0.01 | 0.13 (0.03, 0.23) | 0.03 | -0.02 (-0.18, 0.14) | -0.002 | 0.43 (0.21, 0.64) | 0.04 |
Highest educational level | 0.94 (0.49, 1.39) | 0.04 | 0.07 (0.06, 0.09) | 0.10 | 0.06 (0.04, 0.09) | 0.05 | 0.07 (0.04, 0.1) | 0.04 |
Household income | 1.82 (1.52, 2.13) | 0.13 | -0.01 (-0.02, 0) | -0.03 | 0.03 (0.02, 0.05) | 0.04 | -0.03 (-0.05, -0.01) | -0.03 |
Constant | 75.36 (70.55, 80.17) | - | 2.19 (2.02, 2.37) | - | 5.18 (4.9, 5.45) | - | 1.87 (1.5, 2.25) | - |
Model fit (R2) | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.02 | ||||