Table 1.

Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Respondents Stratified by Health Literacy Level

Variable	Total	Health Literacy
	(N=330)	Inadequate (n=100)	Marginal/ Adequate (n=230)
Age, Mean (SD)	53.6 (12.0)	58.4 (11.7)***	51.5 (11.6)
Female, %	67.9	63.0	70.6
African American Race, %	78.5	85.9	79.2
Education, %
Grades 1–8	13.1	29.3***	6.1
Grades 9–11	26.2	41.4***	19.7
High School	31.4	20.2***	36.2
> High School	29.3	9.1***	38
Married, %	30.6	25.0	33.2
Insurance Coverage, %
Private	10.0	12.0	9.1
Medicare	18.8	19.0	18.7
Medicaid	27.3	29.0	26.5
None/free care	43.9	40.0	45.7
Employment, %
Full-time	20.9	13.0*	24.3
Part-time	13.3	12.0	13.9
Unemployed/retired	65.8	75.0	61.7
Site, %
Chicago, IL	30.6	26.0	32.6
Grand Rapids, MI	36.1	38.0	35.2
Shreveport, LA	33.3	36.0	32.2
Years living with hypertension, Mean (SD)	11.0 (10.0)	13.7 (13.1)***	9.9 (8.5)
Knowledge Score, Mean (SD)	11.0 (2.0)	10 (2.5)***	11.3 (2.1)
Self-Efficacy Score, Mean (SD)	37.2 (9.6)	36.3 (9.5)	37.6 (9.6)
Physical Activity Score, Mean (SD)	3.2 (1.5)	3.2 (1.6)	3.2 (1.5)
Subjective Health Score, Mean (SD)	2.6 (0.9)	2.62 (1.0)	2.6 (0.9)

Note. Chi-square and student’s t-tests for group differences,

^*P<0.05,

^**P<0.01 and

^***P<0.001.