Table 2.

Bivariate associations between patient characteristics and medication beliefs

	Medication beliefs
	Antihyperglycemic		Antihyperglycemic
	Necessity	Concerns	Necessity	Concerns
n	803		573
Age (years)	−0.11***	−0.18***	−0.09*	−0.16***
Sex (male)	−0.03	−0.07*	−0.11**	0.02
Ethnic minority	−0.04	0.11***	0.00	0.09*
Level of education	−0.02	0.01	−0.07	0.02
Household income bracket	−0.08*	−0.09*	−0.05	−0.14***
Number of prescription medications	0.22***	0.05	0.18***	0.004
Prescribed insulin	0.28***	0.06	0.05	−0.03
Number of medical conditions	0.21***	0.12***	0.18***	0.07
Satisfaction with medication information	0.03	−0.16***	0.10*	−0.17***
Low functional health literacy	0.01	0.14***	0.03	0.23***
Out-of-pocket prescription costs >$50/month	0.08*	0.05	0.08	−0.03

Cell entries represent Spearman's ρ values.

^*P < 0.05;

^**P < 0.01;

^***P < 0.005.