Table 3 Description of the variables used in the model
From: Level of health literacy in Latvia and Lithuania: a population-based study
Variable | Description |
|---|---|
GENHL | General health literacy level. |
gender | Dummy variable for gender: male = 1, female = 0. |
age | The age groups are as follows: 18-25, 26-35, 36-45, 46-55, 56-65, 66-75, 76 and older. |
education | The education levels are as follows: ISCED 0: pre-primary education; ISCED 1: primary education; ISCED 2: lower secondary education; ISCED 3: upper secondary education; ISCED 4: post secondary non-tertiary education; ISCED 5: first stage of tertiary education; ISCED 6: second stage of tertiary education [69]. |
employment | Dummy variable for employment status: full-time, part-time, unemployed, retired, other. |
finance | Financial situation measured by Likert scale from very poor to excellent (very poor, below average, average, above average, excellent). |
social status | Social status measured by Likert scale from very low to very high (very low, low, lower middle, middle, upper middle, high, very high). |
frequency | Frequency of health service usage: 0 times, 1-4 times, 5-8 times, 9 times and more. |
language | Dummy variable for the language used in the questionnaire: Latvian, Lithuanian or Russian. |