Table 3.

Comparison of health literacy domain scores by housing type.

Domain	Category (vs. Social Housing)	Weighted Estimate (95% CI) *	p
Feeling understood and supported by healthcare providers	Owner	0.082 (−0.017 to 0.18)	0.101
	Owner mortgagee	0.088 (−0.002 to 0.178)	0.054
	Private rental	0.003 (−0.091 to 0.097)	0.955
Having sufficient information to manage my health	Owner	0.115 (−0.002 to 0.231)	0.053
	Owner mortgagee	0.143 (0.018 to 0.268)	0.026
	Private rental	0.097 (−0.031 to 0.225)	0.135
Actively managing my health	Owner	0.101 (−0.004 to 0.205)	0.059
	Owner mortgagee	0.069 (−0.028 to 0.165)	0.159
	Private rental	0.054 (−0.057 to 0.165)	0.334
Social support for health	Owner	0.209 (0.108 to 0.311)	<0.001
	Owner mortgagee	0.214 (0.116 to 0.313)	<0.001
	Private rental	0.134 (0.039 to 0.23)	0.007
Appraisal of health information	Owner	0.059 (−0.068 to 0.186)	0.353
	Owner mortgagee	0.071 (−0.065 to 0.208)	0.301
	Private rental	0.057 (−0.083 to 0.197)	0.421
Ability to actively engage with heath care providers	Owner	0.296 (0.122 to 0.469)	0.001
	Owner mortgagee	0.345 (0.152 to 0.537)	<0.001
	Private rental	0.261 (0.073 to 0.449)	0.007
Navigating the healthcare system	Owner	0.163 (−0.003 to 0.329)	0.054
	Owner mortgagee	0.183 (0.004 to 0.362)	0.045
	Private rental	0.162 (−0.007 to 0.331)	0.060
Ability to find good health information	Owner	0.273 (0.089 to 0.457)	0.004
	Owner mortgagee	0.283 (0.089 to 0.477)	0.005
	Private rental	0.236 (0.049 to 0.423)	0.014
Understand health information well enough to know what to do	Owner	0.27 (0.094 to 0.446)	0.003
	Owner mortgagee	0.268 (0.101 to 0.434)	0.002
	Private rental	0.212 (0.056 to 0.368)	0.009

* All estimates adjusted for age, sex, SEIFA, and ARIA; Significant differences are shown in bold.