Table 2.

Health literacy levels among older Hispanics and their caregivers

	Language of interview
Patient and caregiver health literacy level	Total	Spanish	English
Patient adequate	n = 61	n = 9	n = 52
Caregiver adequate, n (%)	49 (80.3)	9 (100.0)	40 (76.9)
Caregiver low, n (%)	12 (19.7)	0 (0.0)	12 (23.1)
Patient low	n = 113	n = 50	n = 63
Caregiver adequate, n (%)	71 (62.8)	22 (44.0)	49 (77.8)
Caregiver low, n (%)	42 (37.2)	28 (56.0)	14 (22.2)
p	.017	.002	1.00