Table 5.

Independent factors related to the risk of low health literacy in basic knowledge and concepts, health lifestyle and health-related skills.

	Forward stepwise multivariate logistic regression
Items	P value	OR	95%CI
			Lower	Higher
Low health literacy of basic knowledge and concepts
Age
16–35 years	Reference	–	–	–
36–55 yr	<.001	1.304	1.165	1.460
56–75 yr	<.001	1.809	1.552	2.107
Gender
Female	Reference	–	–	–
Male	.004	1.186	1.054	1.335
Education level
University or above	Reference	–	–	–
High school	.697	1.047	0.830	1.322
Junior high school	.634	1.076	0.796	1.453
Primary school or below	.021	1.583	1.072	2.336
Annual household income
≥¥50,000	Reference	–	–	–
¥30,000–¥49,999	.449	1.090	0.872	1.364
¥10,000–¥29,999	.001	1.658	1.232	2.232
<¥10,000	<.001	2.913	1.856	4.570
Location
Urban	Reference	–	–	–
Rural	<.001	1.356	1.164	1.581
Low health literacy of lifestyle
Age
16–35 yr	Reference	-	-	-
36–55 yr	.001	1.260	1.094	1.451
56–75 yr	<.001	1.592	1.350	1.877
Education level
University or above	Reference	-	-	-
High school	.001	1.345	1.122	1.614
Junior high school	<.001	1.776	1.472	2.142
Primary school or below	<.001	3.559	2.729	4.641
Location
Urban	Reference	-	-	-
Rural	<.001	1.376	1.184	1.601
Low health literacy of health-related skills
Age
16–35 yr	Reference	-	-	-
36–55 yr	<.001	1.320	1.148	1.519
56–75 yr	<.001	2.196	1.799	2.681
Education level
University or above	Reference	–	–	–
High school	.383	1.140	0.850	1.528
Junior high school	.419	1.165	0.805	1.686
Primary school or below	.023	1.746	1.081	2.821
Annual household income
≥¥50,000	Reference	–	–	–
¥30,000–¥49,999	.101	1.274	0.954	1.700
¥10,000–¥29,999	.005	1.735	1.180	2.552
<¥10,000	<.001	3.997	2.138	7.473
Location
Urban	Reference	–	–	–
Rural	.007	1.299	1.073	1.571