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Patient educational attainment stratified by NVS categories
| High likelihoodof limited healthliteracy |
Possibility oflimited healthliteracy |
Adequate health literacy |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Educational attainment | ||||||||
| 8th grade or below | 7 | (10.8) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 7 | (10.8) |
| 9th–12th grade (did not graduate) | 8 | (12.3) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (1.5) | 9 | (13.8) |
| High school graduate or above | 26 | (40.0) | 10 | (15.4) | 13 | (20.0) | 49 | (75.3) |
| Total | 41 | (65) | 10 | (15.4) | 14 | (21.5) | ||
Note. NVS = Newest Vital Sign.
