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. 2012 Jan 28;17(5):385–393. doi: 10.1007/s12199-012-0264-z

Table 5.

Results of the multivariate logistic regression analyses on association between satisfactory health risk awareness and sociodemographic, living condition, and occupational factors

Variables OR 95.0% CI for ORa P
Lower Upper
Age 1.2 1.1 1.3 <0.001
Gender (male/female; reference: female) 2.1 1.5 2.8 <0.001
Education (reference: primary school)
 Middle school 1.3 0.65 2.5 0.482
 High school 2.3 1.2 4.5 0.014
 Post-secondary 4.7 2.3 9.5 <0.001
Newspaper (reference: no reading)
 Occasion 1.2 0.70 2.0 0.512
 Regular 2.5 1.4 4.5 0.001
Occupation (reference: no job)
 Manufacturing 2.8 1.8 4.2 <0.001
 Hotel and restaurant 1.8 1.2 2.7 0.003
 Construction 2.7 1.6 4.5 <0.001
Constant 0.001 <0.001

Variables entered into multivariate model included city, gender, age, education, marital status, monthly expenditure, monthly income, watching television, reading newspapers, using the Internet, living environment, occupation, and occupational training

OR Odds ratio, CI confidence interval

aResults on the independent variables that showed no significant association with satisfactory health risk awareness were not shown in the table