Table 4.

Health literacy and use of sources for health information

Sources	OR	95% CI for OR	p
Primary care providers	1.18	[0.90, 1.55]	.219
Nurses	1.13	[0.94, 1.36]	.189
Specialist doctors	1.09	[0.87, 1.37]	.449
Pharmacists	0.98	[0.82, 1.17]	.793
Veterinarians	0.94	[0.66, 1.34]	.719
Dentists	1.19	[0.98, 1.44]	.072
Health fairs	1.01	[0.75, 1.37]	.933
Newspaper	0.95	[0.77, 1.18]	.672
Magazines	0.92	[0.76, 1.11]	.391
Books	0.98	[0.80, 1.18]	.824
Scientific literature	0.99	[0.81, 1.21]	.925
Television	0.83	[0.70, 1.00]	.044*
Radio	0.90	[0.73, 1.11]	.340
Search engines	1.09	[0.92, 1.29]	.311
Social media	0.80	[0.65, 0.99]	.041*
Medical websites	1.21	[1.01, 1.45]	.036*
Blogs or celebrity webpages	0.74	[0.58, 0.93]	.010*
Local health department	1.04	[0.84, 1.29]	.705
Federal government organizations	0.99	[0.80, 1.23]	.927
Friends	1.05	[0.88, 1.24]	.607
Family	1.04	[0.86, 1.25]	.713
Religious organizations and leaders	0.96	[0.76, 1.21]	.728
Scientists	1.15	[0.91, 1.46]	.229
Pharmaceutical companies	0.89	[0.73, 1.08]	.223
Other companies or corporations	0.98	[0.70, 1.38]	.928

Note. Controlled for race/ethnicity, age, sex, education, income, and metro/non-metro status;

^*indicates p < .05; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.