The relationship between health literacy and health outcomes among male young adults: exploring confounding effects using decomposition analysis

René Rüegg () and Thomas Abel
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René Rüegg: Bern University of Applied Sciences
Thomas Abel: University of Bern

International Journal of Public Health, 2019, vol. 64, issue 4, No 8, 535-545

Abstract: Abstract Objectives Previous studies indicate substantial correlations between low health literacy and poor health outcomes. However, empirical findings remain inconsistent and are theoretically challenging. In this study, we conceptually place health literacy within an established model of health inequality. Studying multiple pathways, we estimate the associations between health literacy and six health outcomes and decompose these associations with health literacy’s covariates. Methods Cross-sectional data from the Young Adult Survey Switzerland was used for the analyses (n = 5959, age = 18–25). Logistic regression and KHB decomposition analyses were applied to estimate health literacy’s coefficients and confounding percentages. Results Eleven covariates were associated with health literacy (p

Keywords: Health literacy; Determinants of health; Health status; Health behavior; Decomposition analysis; Young adults (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-019-01236-x

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