Table 2.

Descriptive statistics

Variable Statistics	HLL*	Evaluation	Communicating	Access	Analysis	Recommendation**
Average	2.194	3.978	3.823	3.869	3.969	5.159
Median	2.000	4.000	3.923	4.000	4.000	5.000
Standard Deviation	0.896	0.658	0.689	0.672	0.633	1.966
Skewness	0.465	−0.774	−0.550	−0.862	−0.910	0.103
Kurtosis	2.527	5.008	4.021	4.859	5.717	2.731
Jarque–Bera	21.640	127.841	44.844	127.846	212.774	2.284
Probability	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.319

^*The HLL (Health Literacy Level) variable categorically represents the health literacy level of individuals (1 = Insufficient, 2 = Problematic–Limited, 3 = Adequate, 4 = Excellent). The “Evaluation” variable expresses the ability of individuals to critically evaluate health information they access through the media; while the “Communicating” variable shows their skills in sharing this information with others or discussing it in media environments. The “Access” variable represents the ability to access and reach health-related media content; while the “Analysis” variable expresses the ability to analyze and make sense of this content

^**The Recommendation variable is an independent variable created to measure participants’ levels of trust in health recommendations offered through the media and their perceptions of the effects of these recommendations on individual health and is rated between 1 and 10. In addition, while the skewness and kurtosis values ​​show the distribution properties of the variables, the Jarque–Bera test tests whether there is a deviation from the normal distribution (if p < 0.05, the variable is considered to be not normally distributed)