Table 3.

Multiple logistic regression analysis of factors influencing adequate health literacy.

Regions	Variables	OR	95% CI of OR
All regions (n = 3,482)
	Gender
	Male	ref
	Female	1.353	1.146	1.597
	Education level
	Elementary school and below	ref
	Junior high school	2.794	1.469	5.314
	Senior high school	6.092	3.333	11.134
	College and above	9.458	5.251	17.036
	Economic status
	Poor	ref
	Medium	1.537	1.248	1.891
	Good	1.850	1.498	2.284
	Health status
	Poor	ref
	Fair	2.793	1.534	5.083
	Good	3.003	1.672	5.395
	Community health education
	0	ref
	1–9	1.140	0.958	1.356
	≥10	1.588	1.066	2.365
Eastern region (n = 566)
	Education level
	Elementary school and below	ref
	Junior high school	1.368	0.387	4.830
	Senior high school	4.596	1.499	14.089
	College and above	5.470	1.814	16.492
	Economic status
	Poor	ref
	Medium	1.591	1.033	2.713
	Good	2.635	1.572	4.416
	Health status
	Poor	ref
	Fair	1.323	0.499	3.513
	Good	2.490	1.173	6.372
Central region (n = 1,397)
	Gender
	Male	ref
	Female	1.519	1.172	1.970
	Education level
	Elementary school and below	ref
	Junior high school	3.690	1.377	9.884
	Senior high school	5.351	2.079	13.776
	College and above	9.158	3.649	22.988
	Economic status
	Poor	ref
	Medium	1.507	1.082	2.100
	Good	1.719	1.225	2.412
	Community health education
	0	ref
	1–9	1.254	1.054	1.647
	≥10	4.331	1.910	9.817
Western region (n = 1,519)
	Gender
	Male	ref
	Female	1.331	1.012	1.750
	Education level
	Elementary school and below	ref
	Junior high school	3.630	1.044	12.625
	Senior high school	9.986	3.081	32.369
	College and above	17.551	5.516	55.843
	Community health education
	0	ref
	1–9	1.501	1.222	4.031
	≥10	3.736	1.327	10.513