Level of health literacy in Latvia and Lithuania: a population-based study

Gatulytė, Ieva; Verdiņa, Valērija; Vārpiņa, Zane; Lublóy, Ágnes

doi:10.1186/s13690-022-00886-3

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Table 7 Results of the multiple regressions (* p < 0.05; p < 0.01; * p < 0.001)

From: Level of health literacy in Latvia and Lithuania: a population-based study

	Latvia				Lithuania				Latvia and Lithuania (pooled sample)
VARIABLES	Eq.1	Eq.2	Eq.3	Eq.4	Eq.1	Eq.2	Eq.3	Eq.4	Eq.1	Eq.2	Eq.3	Eq.4
Gender	−0.780	−1.020	− 0.510	−0.840	− 0.198	−0.290	0.0846	−0.212	− 0.252	−0.354	− 0.0285	−0.294
Age	0.282		0.353	0.336	−0.476		−0.544	−0.470	− 0.0248		− 0.0329	−0.0176
26 – 35		1.950				−4.509^*				−1.098
36 – 45		2.276				−1.875				0.648
46 – 55		1.216				−4.884^*				−0.649
56 – 65		2.682				−2.674				0.263
66 – 75		1.511				−0.0651				1.781
76 and older		−3.353				−10.19^**				−7.155^**
Education	−0.0317	−0.429		−0.0685	−1.209	−0.503		−1.216	−0.387	− 0.395		− 0.352
ISCED1							−1.993				−6.349^*
ISCED2			−9.956^**				−6.566^**				−7.135^**
ISCED3			0.410				3.114				1.403
ISCED4			−0.783				1.940				0.620
ISCED6			−7.448^***				−6.977^***				−4.949^***
Part-time	3.132	3.347	2.872	3.125	−4.092	−4.577^*	−4.040	−4.179	0.629	0.604	0.533	0.604
Unemployed	1.930	1.937	5.330^**	1.880	−3.707	−3.650	−4.144	−3.722	−0.929	−1.474	0.359	−1.035
Retired	−3.912	−2.298	−4.126	−4.482^*	−2.311	−0.714	−1.689	−2.293	−2.924	− 1.206	−2.707	− 3.113
Other					− 2.241	− 2.727	− 2.798	−2.282	−0.0995	−0.395	− 0.533	−0.0131
Financial situation	1.242	1.284	1.191	1.226	0.747	1.030	1.013	0.760	0.941	1.134	1.123	0.904
Social status	1.191	1.643	1.090	1.240	2.216^**	1.431	1.770^*	2.219^**	1.736^**	1.432^**	1.420^*	1.740^**
Frequency of health services usage	1.532^*	1.632^*	1.824^**		−1.634^**	−1.336*	−1.206		−0.105	0.0649	0.123
1 – 4 times				0.542				−2.081				−0.702
5 – 8 times				1.682				−3.341				−1.039
9 and more				4.708^*				−5.255^**				−0.245
LV									−2.920^**	−2.888^***	−2.997^***	−2.912^**
RU	2.756^**	2.744^**	3.039^**	2.716^**					0.545	−0.0878	0.502	0.512
Observations	101	101	101	101	96	96	96	96	197	197	197	197
R-squared	0.171	0.193	0.220	0.177	0.261	0.349	0.297	0.261	0.155	0.207	0.190	0.157

In Eq.1. all variables are included as continuous/categorical variables as appropriate. In Eqs. 2-4 three variables are included as dummy variables. In Eq.2 age is included as a dummy variable (dummies are added to the age groups), while all other variables are the same as in Eq.1. In Eq.3, education is included as a dummy variable (dummies are added to the educational levels), while all other variables are the same as in Eq.1. In Eq.4, the frequency of health services usage is included as a dummy variable (dummies are added to the categories of usage frequency), while all other variables are the same as in Eq.1

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