Table 4.

Factors Associated with Scores in obtaining, appraising, and understanding health information

	Ability to find good health information			Appraisal of health information			Understanding health information well enough to know what to do
Variable	(Radj 2 = 0.387, p < 0.0001)			(Radj 2 = 0.158, p < 0.0001)			(Radj 2 = 0.487, p < 0.0001)
β	SE	p‐value	β	SE	p‐value	β	SE	p‐value
Age
15–19 years old vs. 20–24 years old	0.161	0.261	0.539	0.193	0.217	0.374	−0.046	0.223	0.836
Sex
Male vs. female	0.288	0.359	0.422	0.249	0.298	0.404	0.215	0.306	0.482
Registered permanent residence
Urban area vs. rural area	0.796	0.225	0.0001	0.405	0.187	0.031	0.766	0.192	0.0001
Socioeconomic status
Below average vs. average or higher	1.111	0.218	0.0001	0.394	0.181	0.030	1.117	0.186	0.0001
Parent’s highest levels of education
No high school vs. completed high school	0.970	0.222	0.0001	0.566	0.184	0.002	1.553	0.189	0.0001
Long‐term illness or disability
With vs. without	0.525	0.371	0.157	−0.193	0.308	0.531	0.510	0.316	0.107
Academic year
Year 1 (Reference)
Year 2	2.682	0.281	0.0001	0.605	0.234	0.010	2.810	0.240	0.0001
Year 3	4.584	0.326	0.0001	2.218	0.271	0.0001	4.732	0.278	0.0001

p < 0.05 means statistically significant.