Table 4.
Concordance of Provider Ratings of Parent Health Literacy with the Test of Function Health Literacy and Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy Measure Ratings by Parent Demographics
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Concordant with TOFHLA |
Concordant with REALM |
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| n | K | % Concord | Bivariate p-value | Multivariate p-value | K | % Concord | Bivariate p-value | Multivariate p-value | |
| Race | |||||||||
| Black | 241 | .109 | 62.2% | 0.037 | 0.045 | .060 | 45.2% | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| White | 36 | a | 83.3% | .125 | 80.6% | ||||
| Education | |||||||||
| <High School | 47 | .008 | 42.6% | 0.001 | 0.016 | .070 | 46.8% | 0.209 | − |
| High school/GED | 104 | .109 | 61.6% | .080 | 44.2% | ||||
| Some post HS | 82 | .101 | 73.2% | −.044 | 50.0% | ||||
| College or more | 44 | .192 | 84.1% | −.077 | 65.9% | ||||
| Income | |||||||||
| <$20,000 | 139 | .085 | 57.6% | 0.013 | 0.513 | .018 | 41.7% | 0.004 | 0.089 |
| $20,000 or more | 93 | .148 | 76.3% | .163 | 63.4% | ||||
a
Kappa not computed as TOFHLA category was a constant (adequate).
HS, high school.