Table 3.

Health literacy by sex and by race, stratified by sex, n (%)¹

	Males	Females	P values
Participants of All Races	n=125	n=1326
Lack of confidence in completing medical forms2	28 (23)	162 (12)	0.0017§,†
Requiring help reading health-related materials3	37 (30)	254 (19)	0.009§
Having difficulty understanding written health information4	28 (23)	231 (18)	0.22
Black or African American	n=29	n=401
Lack of confidence in completing medical forms2	≤20 (≤69)	64 (16)	N/A
Requiring help reading health-related materials3	≤20 (≤69)	86 (21)	N/A
Having difficulty understanding written health information4	≤20 (≤69)	85 (21)	N/A
Other Race 5	n=44	n=366
Lack of confidence in completing medical forms2	≤20 (≤45)	66 (18)	N/A
Requiring help reading health-related materials3	≤20 (≤45)	102 (28)	N/A
Having difficulty understanding written health information4	≤20 (≤45)	88 (24)	N/A
White	n=49	n=535
Lack of confidence in completing medical forms2	≤20 (≤41)	30 (6)	N/A
Requiring help reading health-related materials3	≤20 (≤41)	62 (12)	N/A
Having difficulty understanding written health information4	≤20 (≤41)	51 (10)	N/A

N/A: not applicable

^§Designates statistical significance at alpha level 0.05

^†Designates statistical significance at Bonferroni adjusted alpha level of 0.002 (25 simultaneous tests)

¹Data summarized as n (%); according to the All of Us Research Program data and statistics dissemination policy, cell values and aggregate statistics that correspond to 1 to 20 participants are obscured to protect participant privacy. In these cases, P values are designated as N/A.

²Present if participant answered the survey question “How confident are you filling out medical forms by yourself?” with somewhat, a little bit, or not at all

³Present if participant answered the survey question “How often do you have someone help you read health-related materials?” with always, often or sometimes

⁴Present if participant answered the survey question “How often do you have problems learning about your medical condition because of difficulty understanding written information?” with always, often or sometimes

⁵Other race corresponds to participants who self-reported as Another Single Population, Asian, More Than One Population, None Indicated, or None Of These