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Table 3 Information avoidance and health literacy

From: Double burden of COVID-19 knowledge deficit: low health literacy and high information avoidance

 

NVS

eHEALS

AAHLS

b

95% CI

b

95% CI

Functional

Communicative

Information Appraisal

Empowerment

b

95% CI

b

95% CI

b

95% CI

b

95% CI

Health literacy

− 0.47

[− 0.89, − 0.04]*

− 0.12

[− 0.19, − 0.04]*

− 0.66

[− 1.07, − 0.26]*

− 0.94

[− 1.27, − 0.62]**

− 0.36

[− 0.60, − 0.12]*

− 0.62

[− 1.17, − 0.07]*

 Sex (ref: male)

 Female

− 0.80

[− 1.80, 0.20]

− 0.80

[− 1.79, 0.19]

− 0.83

[− 1.82, 0.16]

− 0.89

[− 1.86, 0.09]

− 0.72

[− 1.72, 0.28]

− 0.80

[− 1.79, 0.20]

Age

− 0.08

[− 0.15, − 0.01]*

− 0.07

[− 0.14, 0.00]

− 0.07

[− 0.14, 0.00]

− 0.07

[− 0.13, 0.00]

− 0.07

[− 0.14, 0.00]

− 0.08

[− 0.14, − 0.00]*

Race/ethnicity (ref: white)

 Hispanic/Latino

0.38

[− 1.36, 2.12]

0.64

[− 1.08, 2.37]

0.50

[− 1.22, 2.23]

0.46

[− 1.23, 2.15]

0.40

[− 1.33, 2.13]

0.62

[− 1.11, 2.35]

 Black or African American

− 0.27

[− 2.25, 1.71]

0.17

[− 1.78, 2.12]

0.16

[− 1.79, 2.11]

0.21

[− 1.70, 2.12]

0.24

[− 1.72, 2.20]

0.09

[− 1.86, 2.05]

 American Indian or Alaska Native

− 0.68

[− 2.68, 1.32]

− 0.36

[− 2.33, 1.62]

− 0.46

[− 2.43, 1.52]

− 0.38

[− 2.31, 1.55]

− 0.33

[− 2.31, 1.64]

− 0.33

[− 2.31, 1.65]

 Asian

− 0.26

[− 1.96, 1.44]

0.20

[− 1.46, 1.85]

− 0.01

[− 1.67, 1.64]

0.16

[− 1.45, 1.78]

0.10

[− 1.55, 1.75]

0.19

[− 1.47, 1.85]

 Other

2.70

[− 0.13, 5.52]

2.88

[0.07, 5.69]*

2.81

[0.01, 5.61]*

2.67

[− 0.08, 5.42]

2.97

[0.17, 5.78]*

2.97

[0.16, 5.79]*

Education (ref: undergraduate)

 Graduate

− 0.23

[− 1.34, 0.88]

− 0.13

[− 1.24, 0.98]

− 0.17

[− 1.27, 0.94]

− 0.19

[− 1.28, 0.89]

− 0.13

[− 1.24, 0.98]

− 0.28

[− 1.39, 0.83]

 Perceived risk

− 0.35

[− 0.81, 0.10]

− 0.38

[− 0.83, 0.08]

− 0.36

[− 0.81, 0.10]

− 0.33

[− 0.78, 0.11]

− 0.33

[− 0.78, 0.13]

− 0.39

[− 0.84, 0.07]

 Worry

− 1.06

[− 1.47, − 0.64]

− 1.09

[− 1.50, − 0.67]**

− 1.14

[− 1.55, − 0.72]**

− 1.10

[− 1.51, − 0.70]**

− 1.03

[− 1.44, − 0.61]**

− 0.97

[− 1.39, − 0.55]**

Adjusted R2

0.08

 

0.09

 

0.09

 

0.13

 

0.09

 

0.08

 
  1. CI confidence interval
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001