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. 2020 Oct 26;10(10):e037745. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037745

Table 1.

Predictors of good knowledge of antenatal and perinatal social services: univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses

Univariable Multivariable
OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
Age (years) 1.05 1.03 to 1.07 <0.001 1.02 1.00 to 1.04 0.055
Primiparous (vs multiparous) 0.69 0.60 to 0.81 <0.001 0.72 0.60 to 0.86 <0.001
Marital status*
 Married, living together with husband Ref Ref
 Unmarried, living together with partner 0.66 0.54 to 0.81 <0.001 0.71 0.57 to 0.89 0.003
 Unmarried and without partner, divorced or widowed 0.83 0.50 to 1.39 0.482 0.99 0.57 to 1.71 0.960
Educational level†
 Low (<10 years of schooling) 0.60 0.45 to 0.79 <0.001 0.68 0.51 to 0.92 0.011
 Medium (10 years of schooling) Ref Ref
 High (university entrance level) 1.39 1.17 to 1.66 <0.001 1.37 1.13 to 1.67 0.002
Employed before giving birth 1.28 1.01 to 1.63 0.041 1.12 0.86 to 1.47 0.389
Born in Germany 2.19 1.75 to 2.75 <0.001 2.26 1.76 to 2.90 <0.001
Statutory health insurance (vs private or other health insurance) 0.58 0.46 to 0.73 <0.001 1.20 0.93 to 1.53 0.163
Health literacy 1.05 1.04 to 1.06 <0.001 1.04 1.03 to 1.06 <0.001

Multivariable analysis: n=2349; Nagelkerke’s R2: 0.10.

Good knowledge of services was defined by median split as knowledge of at least eight services.

Health literacy refers to healthcare scale of the HLS-EU questionnaire.

*Univariable analysis: omnibus test: χ2=16.22 (df=2), p<0.001.

†Univariable analysis: omnibus test: χ2=44.94 (df=2), p<0.001.

HLS-EU, European Health Literacy Survey; Ref, reference category.