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Table 3 Factors associated with health literacy

From: Health literacy among university students in Greece: determinants and association with self-perceived health, health behaviours and health risks

 

Proportional odds ratio Health literacy

95% confidence intervals

HealthStatus

1.003

(0.998 ; 1.009)

Male

0.786***

(0.654 ; 0.944)

Income[<1,100]

0.820*

(0.657 ; 1.023)

Income[1,100 – 2,200]

0.737***

(0.596 ; 0.912)

Smoking

0.936

(0.772 ; 1.134)

Workout

1.316***

(1.079 ; 1.605)

Alcohol

0.917

(0.727 ; 1.157)

Constant

3.505***

(1.799 ; 5.291)

Observations

1,526

 
  1. Results from an ordinal logistic regression. Health literacy study among university students, Greece, 2013.
  2. Note: The specification is estimated via an Ordered Logit. Three stars (***) indicate statistical significance at 1% level and one star (*) at 10% level.
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