Table 3.

Hierarchical Regression Analysis to Predict Medication Adherence

Outcome Variable: Medication Adherence	Men		Women
	Model 1, β	Model 2, β	Model 1, β	Model 2, β
Block 1:
Age	−0.027	0.013	−0.037	0.000
Number of children	0.147	0.073	0.145	0.198*
Educational status	−0.293**	0.244	−0.220**	0.322
Family size	−0.039	0.001	0.062	−0.028
Residency	−0.090	−0.035	0.006	−0.003
Socio-economic Status	−0.082	−0.042	−0.347**	−0.213*
Block 2:
Health information access		0.092		0.239
Health information use		0.136		−0.147
Reading skills		−0.295		−0.294
Comprehension skills		−0.231		0.248
AAJS		0.101		−0.049
CDMS		−0.545**		−0.610**
Health Knowledge		−0.037		−0.067
Personal empowerment		0.054		−0.171
Social empowerment		0.078		0.181
R2	0.186	0.345	0.282	0.406
Cumulative R2	0.186	0.531	0.282	0.688
p value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

Notes: *p-value = less than 0.05; **p-value = less than 0.01.

Abbreviations: AAJS, accurate assessment and judgment skills; CDMS, communication and decision-making skills.