Table 4.

Multivariate linear regression analysis for health literacy (N = 300).

Variables	B-Coef	95% CI	P value
Age in years	-0.09	-0.17, -0.008	0.03
Occupation
With no jobR
With job	4.77	3.18, 6.36	<0.001
Taking care of children, grandchildren
Less often (<1 time/week)R
Often (≥1 time/week)	1.68	0.21, 3.15	0.025
Social activities
NoR
Yes	4.61	2.86, 6.37	<0.001
Doing sports or physical exercise
Less often (<1 time/week)R
Often (≥1 time/week)	2.52	1.07, 3.96	0.001
Listening to TV and radio, reading paper regarding older people's health
Less often (<1 time/week)R
Often (≥1 time/week)	2.10	0.75, 3.45	0.002
Using ICT
NeverR
At least once a week	2.93	1.29, 4.57	0.001
Social connection
Less often (<1 time/week)R
Often (≥1 time/week)	3.50	1.23, 5.78	0.003

^RReferent group. F (2, 125) = 31.53, Prob > F = 0.0001, R‐squared = 0.6248, Adj R‐squared = 0.6050, root MSE = 5.1553.