Table 2.

Linear (column 2) and Probit (column 3) Multivariate Models Predicting Health Literacy (N = 17,466)

Characteristic	Predicting mean health literacy score	Predicting ‘above basic’ health literacy
	β (SE)	Marginal effect (SE)
Constant	290.0 (5.77)**
Gender
Male	−7.71 (1.10)**	−0.07 (0.01)**
Female	Reference	Reference
Age
18–24	Reference	Reference
25–39	7.89 (5.97)	0.01 (0.07)
40–49	−2.36 (6.60)	−0.08 (0.08)
50–64	−7.82 (5.93)	−0.16 (0.07)
65–74	−28.66 (6.47)**	−0.31 (0.08)**
75+	−39.06 (6.69)**	−0.41 (0.07)**
Race/Ethnicity
White	Reference	Reference
Black	−33.07 (1.98)**	−0.28 (0.02)**
Hispanic	−33.35 (2.49)**	−0.27 (0.03)**
Asian/PI	−18.28 (5.12)**	−0.16 (0.05)*
American Indian	−21.01 (10.33)	−0.20 (0.10)
Multiracial	−21.86 (5.09)**	−0.19 (0.04)**
Education (18–24)
Still in HS	−14.04 (8.41)	−0.11 (0.10)
Still in college	−4.76 (6.27)	−0.06 (0.09)
<HS	−26.55 (7.08)**	−0.25 (0.09)*
HS/GED	−16.32 (7.04)*	−0.15 (0.08)
Some college	−10.42 (6.70)	−0.18 (0.09)
>=Bachelor’s	Reference	Reference
Education (25+)
Still in HS	−44.20 (10.71)**	−0.25 (0.08)**
Still in college	−7.45 (3.75)	−0.06 (0.03)*
<HS	−40.73 (2.74)**	−0.27 (0.02)**
HS/GED	−32.01 (1.71)**	−0.24 (0.02)**
Some college	−12.44 (2.32)**	−0.09 (0.02)**
>=Bachelor’s	Reference	Reference
Income
<100% FPL	−13.69 (2.06)**	−0.13 (0.02)**
100–200% FPL	−8.29 (1.90)**	−0.08 (0.02)**
200–300% FPL	−6.13 (1.82)**	−0.06 (0.02)**
>=300% FPL	Reference	Reference
No Data	−6.79 (2.13)**	−0.07 (0.02)**
Marital status
Married	Reference	Reference
Never married	−4.03 (1.60)*	−0.03 (0.01)*
Divorced, separated, widowed	−3.32 (1.58)*	−0.02 (0.02)
Language spoken in home
English	Reference	Reference
Other	1.78 (2.35)	0.01 (0.03)
Rurality
MSA	Reference	Reference
non-MSA	−1.76 (1.64)	−0.02 (0.02)
Time In US
Born in US	Reference	Reference
<5 years	−20.4 (4.07)**	−0.16 (0.04)**
6–10 years	−19.0 (4.42)**	−0.14 (0.03)**
>10 years	−14.2 (2.25)**	−0.12 (0.03)**
Adjusted R-squared	0.298	0.212

*p < 0.05,**p < 0.01