Table 5.

Health literacy and trust in health information from sources

Sources	b	SE	p
Primary care providers	0.04	0.03	.166
Nurses	0.04	0.04	.260
Specialist doctors	0.06	0.03	.034*
Pharmacists	0.04	0.04	.292
Veterinarians	0.03	0.04	.554
Dentists	0.10	0.04	.009**
Health fairs	0.05	0.03	.086
Newspaper	−0.03	0.03	.360
Magazines	−0.03	0.03	.235
Books	−0.02	0.04	.548
Scientific literature	−0.002	0.04	.970
Television	−0.08	0.03	.018*
Radio	−0.02	0.03	.460
Search engines	−0.02	0.03	.527
Social media	−0.09	0.03	.006**
Medical websites	0.01	0.03	.670
Blogs or celebrity webpages	−0.09	0.03	.007**
Local health department	0.02	0.03	.581
Federal government organizations	−0.01	0.04	.882
Friends	−0.08	0.04	.019*
Family	−0.06	0.04	.106
Religious organizations and leaders	−0.05	0.04	.159
Scientists	0.003	0.04	.933
Pharmaceutical companies	−0.09	0.03	.004**
Other companies or corporations	−0.05	0.03	.121

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

^*indicates p < .05;

^**indicates p < .01; b = regression coefficients; SE = standard errors.