Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents and the weighted differences in health literacy stratified by major sociodemographic characteristics.
| Total number of valid responses (%)* | Weighted responses % | Digital health literacy score** | General health literacy score** | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group (years) | 18–24 | 67 (8.07%) | 11.05% | 67.95 (62.30–73.61) | 73.17 (69.05–77.30) |
| 25–34 | 147 (17.71%) | 24.02% | 71.99 (68.25–75.73) | 78.26 (75.89–80.62) | |
| 35–44 | 164 (19.76%) | 22.08% | 73.43 (69.93–76.92) | 79.99 (77.14–82.83) | |
| 45–54 | 215 (25.90%) | 22.09% | 76.72 (73.16–80.27) | 82.02 (79.47–84.57) | |
| 55–64 | 237 (28.55%) | 20.76% | 72.01 (68.02–76.00) | 80.91 (78.36–83.46) | |
| Sex | Male | 400 (48.19%) | 48.84% | 71.83 (69.31–74.34) | 80.21 (78.56–81.86) |
| Female | 430 (51.81%) | 51.16% | 73.87 (71.42–76.32) | 78.75 (76.91–80.58) | |
| Education level | Maximum primary education | 97 (11.69%) | 14.37% | 68.86 (63.53–74.19) | 75.91 (72.04–79.78) |
| Lower secondary education | 229 (27.59%) | 33.32% | 70.89 (67.78–73.99) | 78.18 (75.86–80.49) | |
| Secondary education | 303 (36.51%) | 33.43% | 75.70 (72.85–78.55) | 80.95 (78.95–82.95) | |
| Bachelor or tertiary education | 103 (12.41%) | 8.93% | 74.12 (68.86–79.38) | 83.02 (79.96–86.08) | |
| Master’s or doctoral or equivalent level | 98 (11.81%) | 9.95% | 73.92 (68.27–79.56) | 80.68 (77.43–83.93) | |
| Marital status | Married | 549 (66.14%) | 63.39% | 73.74 (71.64–75.85) | 80.41 (78.94–81.89) |
| Single/divorced/separated/widowed | 281 (33.86%) | 36.61% | 71.37 (68.25–74.49) | 77.81 (75.60–80.02) | |
| Socioeconomic status | Not well-off | 213 (25.66%) | 27.20% | 67.34 (63.67–71.02) | 75.58 (72.95–78.21) |
| Average | 282 (33.98%) | 33.79% | 73.31 (70.26–76.37) | 79.91 (77.84–81.98) | |
| Well-off | 335 (40.36%) | 39.01% | 76.08 (73.51–78.65) | 81.77 (79.93–83.61) | |
| Employment status | Employed | 632 (76.14%) | 76.10% | 73.41 (71.47–75.35) | 79.95 (78.54–81.36) |
| Student | 35 (4.22%) | 5.73% | 67.22 (58.80–75.64) | 70.31 (64.86–75.75) | |
| Retired, unable to work or domestic | 122 (14.70%) | 12.15% | 74.42 (68.73–80.12) | 80.69 (76.90–84.49) | |
| Unemployed | 41 (4.94%) | 6.01% | 68.65 (60.61–76.69) | 79.44 (75.38–83.50) | |
| TOTAL | 830 (100.00%) | – | 72.89 (71.14–74.64) | 79.46 (78.22–80.70) | |
*Valid case numbers (unweighted percentages), **Weighted means (weighted 95% confidence intervals) based on population estimates.