Table 3.

Hierarchical Linear Regression of Self-Care Behaviors Onto Demographic Characteristics, HL

Step/Variables	β** (Step 1)	p-value*	β** (Step 2)	p-value*
(1) Age groups	0.031	0.658	0.069	0.312
Gender	0.074	0.608	0.098	0.433
Job	0.070	0.633	0.157	0.224
Marital status	0.017	0.818	0.005	0.932
(2) Reading health information			0.260	0.010
Ability to access health information			0.042	0.714
Understanding health information			0.044	0.728
Appraisal of health information			0.277	0.008
Decision-making			0.451	0.001
R2	0.003	0.961	0.288	0.001

Notes: *p<0.05, **β is standardized coefficient.