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Table 11
Adjusted odds ratios showing the likelihood of adults aged 16 to 65 of being high-intensity computer users, by prose literacy levels, by country, 2003

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  Prose literacy level
Levels 1 and 2 Level 3 Levels 4 and 5
Bermuda 1 2.38** 3.39**
Canada 1 1.83 ** 2.40**
Italy 1 1.64* 2.02*
Norway 1 1.80** 2.66**
Switzerland 1 1.78** 1.91*
United States 1 1.59** 1.94 **
Note: In order to produce reliable estimates, Levels 1 and 2 and 4 and 5 have been collapsed. Levels 1 and 2 are used as the reference group. Odds are adjusted for gender, age, educational attainment, labour force status and total household income.
* statistically significant at the 5% level.
* * statistically significant at the 1% level.
Source: Veenhof, Clermont and Sciadas, 2005.