The relationship between health literacy and empowerment in pregnant women: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Univariate liner regression model for predicting pregnancy empowerment of pregnant women

*Variable*	*B (coefficient)*	*Std.B*	T	*P-value*	*95% CI*^a
Health literacy	0.17	0.03	4.87	< 0.001	0.10, 0.24
Age	-0.26	0.07	-3.50	0.001	-0.41, -0.11
Body mass index	-0.07	0.12	-0.58	0.560	-0.31, 0.16
Education
Illiteracy and elementary	Ref^b
Middle and high school	3.07	1.42	2.11	0.035	0.21, 5.82
Academic	0.44	1.55	0.28	0.777	-2.60, 3.48
Education of husband
Illiteracy and elementary	Ref^b
Middle and high school	-0.98	1.43	-0.69	0.494	-3.81, 1.84
Academic	-2.54	1.58	-1.61	0.201	-5.65, 0.57
Employment
Employed	-1.57	1.21	-1.30	0.193	-3.96, 0.80
Housewife	Ref
Type of husband employment
Worker	Ref^b
Employee	-2.73	1.37	-1.99	0.048	-5.43, -0.02
Others⁺	-1.82	1.07	-1.70	0.089	-3.93, 0.28
Status of family economic
Low	Ref^b
Moderate	-1.75	1.36	-1.29	0.198	-4.44, 0.92
High	1.39	1.05	1.32	0.186	-0.68, 3.47
History of illness in pregnancy
Yes	Ref^b
No	-3.43	2.08	-1.65	0.101	-7.52, 0.66
Number of Pregnancy
1	Ref^b
2	0.18	0.99	0.19	0.849	-1.76, 2.14
≥ 3	0.51	1.27	0.41	0.686	-1.99, 3.02
History of infertility
Yes	Ref^b
No	5.13	1.95	2.62	0.009	1.28, 8.98

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