Table III.

Logistic regression of the association between literacy skills and sub-optimal self-reported health in Finland before and after controlling for sex, age and educational level.

	Variable	Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
		Model 1	Model 2
Literacy	Level ⩽ 1	6.48 (4.84–8.66)	2.07 (1.48–2.90)
	Level 2	3.87 (3.02–4.96)	1.52 (1.15–2.01)
	Level 3	1.86 (1.45–2.38)	1.18 (0.91–1.53)
	Level 4/5	1 (reference)	1 (reference)
Sex	Female		0.76 (0.65–0.89)
	Male		1 (reference)
Age (years)	16–24		0.13 (0.10–0.18)
	25–34		0.22 (0.16–0.28)
	35–44		0.29 (0.23–0.38)
	45–54		0.53 (0.43–0.65)
	55–65		1 (reference)
Educational level	Low		2.57 (2.01–3.27)
	Medium		2.18 (1.81–2.63)
	High		1 (reference)