Table 2.

Scores of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) subscales (means and standard deviations) stratified by gender, age, school education, nationality, and living alone.

	HLQ subscales
	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9
Total sample (n=546)	3.14 (0.58)	2.90 (0.53)	2.85 (0.53)	3.10 (0.55)	2.55 (0.60)	3.66 (0.82)	3.64 (0.78)	3.42 (0.81)	3.54 (0.79)
Gender
Male (n=396)	3.15 (0.57)	2.91 (0.51)	2.85 (0.53)	3.08 (0.55)	2.55 (0.61)	3.70 (0.81)	3.69 (0.76)	3.45 (0.81)	3.55 (0.77)
Female (n=150)	3.11 (0.62)	2.87 (0.59)	2.85 (0.55)	3.14 (0.57)	2.57 (0.56)	3.56 (0.84)	3.50 (0.77)	3.34 (0.81)	3.50 (0.83)
Age [years]
< 60 (n=140)	3.21 (0.60)	2.96 (0.52)	2.94 (0.55)	3.06 (0.59)	2.60 (0.58)	3.82 (0.75)	3.70 (0.75)	3.61 (0.75)	3.67 (0.75)
60 - 69 (n=125)	3.05 (0.59)	2.84 (0.55)	2.78 (0.50)	3.04 (0.60)	2.54 (0.56)	3.65 (0.81)	3.66 (0.75)	3.49 (0.77)	3.56 (0.73)
70 - 79 (n=162)	3.15 (0.54)	2.89 (0.50)	2.80 (0.50)	3.11 (0.55)	2.56 (0.59)	3.59 (0.81)	3.59 (0.79)	3.35 (0.81)	3.50 (0.78)
≥ 80 (n=119)	3.12 (0.62)	2.90 (0.56)	2.89 (0.58)	3.19 (0.44)	2.51 (0.67)	3.59 (0.89)	3.60 (0.83)	3.23 (0.87)	3.41 (0.86)
Education
< 9 years schooling (n=305)	3.10 (0.61)	2.85 (0.58)	2.78 (0.57)	3.12 (0.56)	2.46 (0.61)	3.58 (0.86)	3.53 (0.81)	3.26 (0.84)	3.36 (0.81)
≥ 9 years schooling (n=234)	3.19 (0.55)	2.97 (0.46)	2.94 (0.48)	3.07 (0.54)	2.66 (0.57)	3.78 (0.76)	3.78 (0.71)	3.64 (0.73)	3.78 (0.69)
Nationality
German (n=507)	3.14 (0.78)	2.90 (0.53)	2.86 (0.53)	3.08 (0.55)	2.56 (0.60)	3.66 (0.81)	3.65 (0.77)	3.43 (0.80)	3.56 (0.76)
Non German (n=39)	3.06 (0.66)	2.89 (0.53)	2.70 (0.58)	3.29 (0.50)	2.46 (0.59)	3.61 (0.92)	3.49 (0.90)	3.30 (0.91)	3.32 (1.01)
Living alone
Yes (n=121)	3.12 (0.63)	2.91 (0.54)	2.90 (0.57)	2.97 (0.68)	2.55 (0.62)	3.70 (0.81)	3.67 (0.80)	3.44 (0.83)	3.53 (0.82)
No (n=423)	3.14 (0.57)	2.90 (0.53)	2.84 (0.52)	3.14 (0.50)	2.55 (0.59)	3.65 (0.82)	3.63 (0.77)	3.42 (0.81)	3.54 (0.78)

Significant differences (T-test or analysis of variance, p<0.05) are highlighted in bold type.