Table 4.

Relationship between non-adherence to dietary recommendations, health-related aspects, and food literacy concepts.

Variables	n (%)	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
(1) Low understanding of the connection between nutrition and health	155 (9.9)	1
(2) Low ability to distinguish between healthy and less healthy options	235 (14.9)	−0.257 **	1
(3) Low ability to acquire information about nutrition	369 (23.5)	0.199 **	0.312 **	1
(4) Intake of fruit and vegetables < 5 portions/day	1312 (83.5)	0.010	0.005	0.021	1
(5) Intake of fish and seafood products < 1 portion/week	963 (61.3)	0.031	0.008	0.093 **	0.008	1
(6) Intake of water < 1.5 litters/day	1068 (67.9)	0.008	0.044	0.043	0.109 **	0.089 **	1
(7) Health literacy score	49.68 (6.58)	−0.271 **	−0.234 **	−0.361 **	−0.007	0.053 *	−0.067 *	1
(8) Poor self-rated health	231 (14.7)	0.056 *	0.073 **	0.189 **	−0.028	0.035	0.085 **	−0.174 **	1
(9) Living with a longstanding illness	732 (46.6)	0.034	0.033	0.112 **	−0.067 **	−0.005	−0.010	−0.141 **	0.345 **

* Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed), ** Correlation is significant at the 0.001 level (2-tailed). Bold font denotes statistical significance. Statistical test: Pearson correlation. For the health literacy score, values are presented as mean (M) with standard deviation (SD) instead of n (%).