TY - JOUR
T1 - Employment Status and Health Literacy in Denmark
T2 - A Population-Based Study
AU - Svendsen, Ida W
AU - Damgaard, Maria B
AU - Bak, Carsten Kronborg
AU - Bøggild, Henrik
AU - Torp-Pedersen, Christian
AU - Svendsen, Majbritt Tang
AU - Berg-Beckhoff, Gabriele
N1 - Copyright © 2021 Svendsen, Damgaard, Bak, Bøggild, Torp-Pedersen, Svendsen and Berg-Beckhoff.
PY - 2021/3/9
Y1 - 2021/3/9
N2 -
Objectives: Examining whether specific population groups who are not working and those who have an employment have the same health literacy level.
Methods: Data were retrieved from a nationally representative cross-sectional study of the Danish population conducted with the health literacy questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q16) in 2016 and 2017. Socio-demographic characteristics were drawn from national registers. Odds ratio for the association between employment status and health literacy was estimated from logistic regression models, adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics. Probability weights were used to adjust for differences in responses.
Results: Logistic regression analyses showed that receiving unemployment benefits, social assistance, employment and support allowance, retirement pension and sickness benefit were significantly associated with having inadequate health literacy compared to being employed in any industry. The highest odds ratio for inadequate health literacy was present for receiving unemployment benefit OR = 1.78 (95% CI: 1.23-2.56).
Conclusion: Population groups not working and receiving economic public support have higher odds of inadequate health literacy competencies compared to those active in the labor force, considering age and socioeconomic factors. The result contributes to understanding health disparities in connection to occupational situation.
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Objectives: Examining whether specific population groups who are not working and those who have an employment have the same health literacy level.
Methods: Data were retrieved from a nationally representative cross-sectional study of the Danish population conducted with the health literacy questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q16) in 2016 and 2017. Socio-demographic characteristics were drawn from national registers. Odds ratio for the association between employment status and health literacy was estimated from logistic regression models, adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics. Probability weights were used to adjust for differences in responses.
Results: Logistic regression analyses showed that receiving unemployment benefits, social assistance, employment and support allowance, retirement pension and sickness benefit were significantly associated with having inadequate health literacy compared to being employed in any industry. The highest odds ratio for inadequate health literacy was present for receiving unemployment benefit OR = 1.78 (95% CI: 1.23-2.56).
Conclusion: Population groups not working and receiving economic public support have higher odds of inadequate health literacy competencies compared to those active in the labor force, considering age and socioeconomic factors. The result contributes to understanding health disparities in connection to occupational situation.
KW - Health Literacy
KW - occupation
KW - economic public support
KW - Health Promotion
KW - cross sectional study
KW - register data
KW - HLS-EU-Q16
KW - Employment
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U2 - 10.3389/ijph.2021.598083
DO - 10.3389/ijph.2021.598083
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34744563
SN - 1661-8556
VL - 66
JO - International Journal of Public Health
JF - International Journal of Public Health
M1 - 598083
ER -