Table 2.

Hierarchical Linear Regression of Life Style Onto Demographic Characteristics and Health Literacy

Variables	ß	R2 Change	F Change	SE
Step 1
Age	0.054	0.060	2.59	1.31
Gender	0.061			1.87
Education level	0.197*			0.99
Marriage	− 0.609			3.37
Job	− 0.091			0.88
Step 2
Age	0.032	0.339**	22.45	0.932
Gender	0.005			1.54
Education level	0.077			1.020
Marriage	0.042			0.732
Job	0.02			3.11
Reading health information	0.022			0.21
Ability to access health information	0.179*			0.164
Understanding health information	0.080			0.145
Appraisal of health information	0.051			0.235
Decision-making	0.476**			0.084

Notes: R2= 0.399; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.