Table 4.
Multivariate Analyses of Health Literacy and Study Characteristics for the Whole Sample and Stratified by Gender
| Characteristic | Whole Sample | Male | Female | |||
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| OR | [95% CI], p value | OR | [95% CI], p value | OR | [95% CI], p value | |
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| Sex | ||||||
| Female (ref) | ||||||
| Male | 1.33 | [0.93, 1.91], .124 | - | - | - | - |
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| Year | ||||||
| Upper years (ref) | ||||||
| Lower years | 1.68 | [1.05, 2.69], .032 | 2.89 | [1.79, 4.67], .000 | 0.80 | [0.44, 1.45], .461 |
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| College | ||||||
| COHS (ref) | ||||||
| Other colleges | 1.78 | [1.22, 2.59], .003 | 1.61 | [1.04, 2.51], .033 | 1.60 | [1.12, 2.26], .009 |
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| Health status | ||||||
| Satisfactory (ref) | ||||||
| Unsatisfactory | 2.13 | [1.24, 3.65], .006 | 1.82 | [0.68, 4.88], .236 | 2.34 | [1.49, 3.66], .000 |
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| Financial status | ||||||
| Good (ref) | ||||||
| Poor | 1.60 | [0.82, 3.11], .171 | 1.18 | [0.55, 2.54], .671 | 3.30 | [0.81, 13.39], .095 |
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| Self-esteem | ||||||
| High (ref) | ||||||
| Low | 3.47 | [1.38, 8.72], .008 | 2.53 | [0.87, 7.37], .090 | 5.38 | [1.23, 23.51], .025 |
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| Age | ||||||
| ≥21years (ref) | ||||||
| <21years | 0.88 | [0.45, 1.73], .705 | 0.74 | [0.32, 1.70], .480 | 1.26 | [0.54, 2.93], .588 |
Note. COHS = College of Health Sciences; OR = odds ratio; ref = reference.