Table 1.
Population Demographics by Health Literacy*
| Overall (N=304) |
Adequate HL (N=192) |
Limited HL (N=112) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Characteristics | ||||
| Medicaid Insurance | 221 (73) | 134 (70) | 87 (78) | .145 |
| Persistent Asthma | 199 (66) | 126 (66) | 73 (65) | 1.00 |
| Caregiver Characteristics | ||||
| Caregiver Age: <30yrs | 102 (34) | 58 (30) | 44 (39) | .1.31 |
| Caregiver Gender: Female |
292 (96) |
186 (97) |
106 (95) |
.369 |
| Caregiver Education <High School |
128 (42) |
63 (33) |
65 (58) |
<.001 |
| Caregiver Race White African American Other |
31 (10) 178 (59) 95 (31) |
24 (12) 123 (64) 45 (23) |
7 (6) 55 (49) 50 (45) |
<.001 |
| Caregiver is Hispanic | 78 (26) | 37 (19) | 41 (37) | .001 |
| Single Caregiver | 224 (74) | 140 (73) | 84 (75) | .504 |
| Caregiver Unemployed | 108 (37) | 53 (28) | 55 (52) | <.001 |
*
Results shown as: N (%)