Table 2:

Association between demographic characteristics and health literacy in 14 Sub-Saharan African countries from unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression models

	Unadjusted high health literacy OR (95% CI)	Adjusted high health literacy OR (95% CI)
Sex
Female	0.80 (0.77, 0.83)	1.10 (1.05, 1.16)
Male	Ref	Ref
Age group, years
45–49	0.47 (0.45, 0.50)	0.96 (0.89, 1.04)
40–44	0.57 (0.54, 0.59)	1.06 (0.98, 1.13)
35–39	0.58 (0.55, 0.61)	1.02 (0.96, 1.09)
30–34	0.66 (0.63, 0.69)	1.07 (1.01, 1.14)
25–29	0.74 (0.71, 0.77)	0.96 (0.92, 1.02)
20–24	1.08 (1.04, 1.17)	0.99 (0.94, 1.04)
15–19	Ref	Ref
Education
≥Complete secondary	54.93 (51.20, 58.93)	31.50 (29.50, 33.63)
Some secondary complete	23.12 (22.06, 24.22)	18.30 (17.46, 19.18)
≤Complete primary	Ref	Ref
Marital status
Married	0.42 (0.41, 0.44)	0.78 (0.75, 0.81)
Not married	Ref	Ref
Location of residence
Urban	5.26 (4.92, 5.63)	1.69 (1.56, 1.82)
Rural	Ref	Ref
Wealth index
Richest	11.69 (10.73, 12.73)	2.66 (2.42, 2.91)
Richer	4.27 (3.95, 4.62)	1.67 (1.54, 1.81)
Middle	2.24 (2.10, 2.39)	1.26 (1.18, 1.35)
Poorer	1.53 (1.44, 1.63)	1.18 (1.10, 1.26)
Poorest	Ref	Ref