Table 4.
Multivariable analysis of the predictors of the top sources of health information among clients of the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (n = 497), August, 2014 through June, 2015
| Health professional | Internet | Printed media | |||||||
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| OR | 95% CI | P value | OR | 95% CI | P value | OR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Health literacy | |||||||||
| Inadequate | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | |||
| Adequate | 2.59 | 1.54–4.35 | <0.0001 | 3.15 | 1.97–5.04 | <0.0001 | 0.76 | 0.50–1.16 | 0.20 |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | |||
| Female | 1.03 | 0.63–1.68 | 0.92 | 1.18 | 0.74–1.86 | 0.49 | 1.32 | 0.89–1.98 | 0.17 |
| Age | |||||||||
| ≤45 | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | |||
| >45 | 1.64 | 0.99–2.72 | 0.06 | 0.29 | 0.18–0.47 | <0.0001 | 1.64 | 1.07–2.50 | 0.022 |
| Educational level | |||||||||
| >High school | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | |||
| High school | 1.32 | 0.77–2.25 | 0.31 | 0.42 | 0.25–0.70 | 0.001 | 1.04 | 0.66–1.62 | 0.88 |
| ≤Grade school | 2.61 | 1.32–5.17 | 0.006 | 0.19 | 0.11–0.35 | <0.0001 | |||
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Unmarried | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | |||
| Married/living as married | 1.13 | 0.69–1.85 | 0.62 | 2.08 | 1.32–3.26 | 0.001 | 0.90 | 0.61–1.33 | 0.61 |
| Health insurance | |||||||||
| No | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | |||
| Yes | 2.54 | 1.37–4.71 | 0.003 | 0.83 | 0.42–1.66 | 0.61 | 0.66 | 0.37–1.18 | 0.16 |