Table 3 The association between health literacy and poor mental health obtained from logistic regression analysis (n = 19,903).
From: Health literacy and mental health: a national cross-sectional inquiry
Univariate | Multivariate* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | |
Age(years) | 0.997 (0.994–0.999) | 0.016 | 0.994 (0.991–0.998) | 0.002 |
Gender | ||||
Male | 1.0 (ref) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Female | 1.160 (1.091–1.234) | 0.001 | 1.172 (1.067–1.287) | 0.001 |
Education (years) | 0.941 (0.933–0.948) | 0.001 | 0.961 (0.951–0.970) | 0.001 |
Employment | ||||
Employed | 1.0 (ref) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Housewife | 1.374 (1.274–1.481) | 0.001 | 1.076 (0.961–1.204) | 0.205 |
Retired | 0.821 (0.707–0.953) | 0.001 | 0.892 (0.754–1.055) | 0.180 |
Student | 1.071 (0.927–1.181) | 0.164 | 0.998 (0.891–1.117) | 0.971 |
Unemployed | 2.201 (1.968–2.462) | 0.001 | 1.967 (1.746–2.215) | 0.001 |
Health literacy | ||||
Adequate | 1.0 (ref) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Limited | 2.721 (2.555–2.899) | 0.001 | 2.560 (2.396–2.735) | 0.001 |
