Table 2 - . Analysis of health-related quality of life according to functional health literacy and sociodemographic characteristics of riverine residents (n* = 312). Abaetetuba, PA, Brazil, 2021.
| PCS † | MCS ‡ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Category | Mean | Standard Error | p-value § | Mean | Standard Error | p-value § |
| FHL || | |||||||
| Inadequate | 42.495 | 0.749 | 0.090 | 47.744 | 0.667 | 0.776 | |
| Limited | 45.724 | 1.246 | 48.239 | 1.424 | |||
| Adequate | 44.892 | 1.161 | 47.285 | 1.267 | |||
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | 43.346 | 0.737 | 0.813 | 47.042 | 0.655 | 0.049 | |
| Male | 43.695 | 0.903 | 49.192 | 0.970 | |||
| Number of children | |||||||
| 0 | 46.212 | 1.044 | 0.002 | 46.674 | 1.216 | 0.084 | |
| 1 | 46.235 | 1.161 | 49.644 | 1.237 | |||
| 2 - 3 | 42.218 | 0.949 | 48.063 | 0.859 | |||
| 4 - 13 | 40.145 | 1.446 | 46.603 | 1.218 | |||
| Not reported | 42.046 | 4.062 | 40.040 | 4.766 | |||
| Age (years old) | |||||||
| 18 - 29 | 46.197 | 0.835 | <0.001 | 48.121 | 0.887 | 0.180 | |
| 30 - 39 | 44.823 | 0.919 | 47.779 | 0.917 | |||
| 40 - 49 | 39.204 | 1.767 | 46.036 | 1.562 | |||
| 50 - 59 | 34.553 | 2.197 | 50.625 | 1.844 | |||
| 60-78 | 39.388 | 1.935 | 44.526 | 2.275 | |||
| Not reported | 42.899 | 5.886 | 53.780 | 2.088 | |||
| Schooling | |||||||
| IEE ¶ | 41.241 | 0.901 | 0.016 | 47.605 | 0.845 | 0.364 | |
| CEE** | 43.790 | 2.066 | 45.994 | 1.620 | |||
| IHE †† | 46.978 | 1.657 | 48.250 | 1.488 | |||
| CHE ‡‡ | 44.883 | 0.998 | 48.710 | 1.099 | |||
| IHrE §§ | 46.860 | 2.287 | 44.267 | 2.590 | |||
| CHrE |||| | 43.750 | 2.526 | 49.504 | 2.240 | |||
| Communication | |||||||
| Mobile phone | 42.006 | 0.763 | 0.013 | 47.991 | 0.697 | 0.393 | |
| Mobile phone and internet | 45.876 | 0.853 | 47.874 | 0.904 | |||
| Mobile, internet, and radio | 37.264 | 5.894 | 38.000 | 7.060 | |||
| No | 54.009 | 3.015 | 43.177 | 5.167 | |||
| Not reported | 43.647 | 5.366 | 43.650 | 5.578 | |||
| Start of work life | |||||||
| 3 - 13 years | 40.964 | 0.877 | <0.001 | 47.468 | 0.797 | 0.816 | |
| 14 - 17 years | 44.943 | 1.178 | 47.189 | 1.317 | |||
| 9 - 31 years old | 45.213 | 1.473 | 49.666 | 1.389 | |||
| Never worked | 47.850 | 1.032 | 47.881 | 1.157 | |||
| Not reported | 38.956 | 1.476 | 45.914 | 13.167 |
*n = Number of participants; †PCS = Physical Component Summary; ‡MCS = Mental Component Summary; §p-value = Mann-Whitney test for variables with two categories and Kruskal-Wallis for others, significant at p≤0.05; ||FHL = Functional Health Literacy; ¶IEE = Incomplete Elementary Education; **CEE = Complete Elementary Education; ††IHE = Incomplete High School Education; ‡‡CHE = Complete High School Education; §§IHrE = Incomplete Higher Education; ||||CHrE = Complete Higher Education