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Table 4 Factors associated with health status

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

 

Endogenous variable: healthStatus

 

(1)

(2)

HealthLiteracy

0.361

1.199**

 

(0.281)

(0.514)

Male

0.297

0.245

 

(0.757)

(0.758)

Income[<1,100]

-2.676***

-2.784***

 

(0.952)

(0.951)

Income[1,100 – 2,200]

-0.591

-0.610

 

(0.887)

(0.888)

Smoking

-3.877***

-1.028

 

(0.818)

(1.657)

Workout

5.849***

7.084***

 

(0.818)

(1.611)

Alcohol

-1.830*

-0.922

 

(1.040)

(2.066)

SmokingxHealthLiteracy

 

-1.188*

  

(0.608)

Workoutx HealthLiteracy

 

-0.489

  

(0.587)

Alcoholx HealthLiteracy

 

-0.402

  

(0.769)

Constant

75.38***

73.39***

 

(1.216)

(1.531)

Observations

1,526

1,526

R-squared

0.077

0.080

  1. Results from Ordinary Least Squares Estimation. Health literacy study among university students, Greece, 2013.
  2. Note: Both columns have been estimated via Ordinary Least Squares. Numbers in parentheses are robust standard errors. Three stars (***) indicate statistical significance at 1% level, two stars (**) at 5% level, and one star (*) at 10% level.