Table 2.
Unadjusted comparisons of health literacy, numeracy, and graphical literacy characteristics of participants as a function of their health literacy, race, and age
| Characteristic | Total M ± SD, (n) |
Inadequate health literacy M ± SD (n) |
Adequate health literacy M ± SD, (n) |
p | African American M ± SD, (n) |
Whites M ± SD, (n) |
P | Younger than 65 years M ± SD, (n) |
Older than 65 years M ± SD, (n) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health literacy | 3.04 + 2.16 (502) |
1.32+1.14 (276) |
5.15 + 0.83 (226) |
<.001* | 2.45+1.98 (278) |
4.04 + 2.09 (172) |
<.001* | 3.05 + 2.14 (402) |
3.01 + 2.25 (100) |
.85 |
| Subjective numeracy | 34.17+10.43 (502) |
30.96 + 9.42 (276) |
38.12+10.26 (226) |
<.001* | 32.35 + 10.32 (278) |
37.13 + 9.76 (172) |
<.001* | 33.57+10.62 (402) |
36.64 + 9.23 (100) |
.008* |
| Objective numeracy | 5.39 + 2.52 (502) |
4.26 + 2.01 (276) |
6.77 + 2.38 (226) |
<.001* | 4.75 + 2.31 (278) |
6.51 + 2.47 (172) |
<.001* | 5.31 + 2.47 (402) |
5.73 + 2.68 (100) |
.13 |
| Graph literacy | 7.16 + 3.05 (502) |
5.96 + 2.90 (276) |
8.64 + 2.54 (226) |
<.001* | 6.43 + 3.04 (278) |
8.36 + 2.67 (172) |
<.001* | 7.17 + 2.95 (402) |
7.16 + 3.43 (100) |
.97 |
Note. Not all totals add up to 502 because of missing data.
*
p < .05.