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. 2014 Jul;24(3):261–268. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v24i3.10

Table 3.

Health literacy levels among participants with varying educational category

Educational
Qualification
Total no. of
participants
Oral health literacy levels

Low Medium High

NO % NO % No %

Upto high
school
75 57 76 14 18.6 4 5.4
12th standard &
equivalent
134 68 50.7 42 13.3 24 17.8
Graduation 168 106 63 36 21.4 26 15.4
Post-graduation 73 28 38.3 29 39.7 16 21.9
Total 450 259 57.6 121 26.9 70 15.6