Table 2.

Median (range) literacy, numeracy and total s-TOFHLA scores across age, ethnicity, education and occupation

	Literacy	Numeracy	Total s-OFHLA	N
Age (yrs)
≤ 45	66 (34 – 72)	21 (14 – 28)	91 (55 – 100)	21
46 – 60	64 (22 – 72)	21 (0 – 28)	85.5 (29 – 100)	62
≥ 61	56 (0 – 72)	21 (7 – 28)	78 (9 – 100)	67
p	0.01	0.05	0.003
Ethnicity
Caucasian	68 (22 – 72)	21 (7 – 28)	86 (29 – 100)	42
Afro-Brazilian	56 (0 – 72)	21 (0 – 28)	76 (9 – 100)	55
Multi	64 (20 – 72)	21 (7 – 28)	85 (27 – 100)	53
p	0.004	0.155	0.012
Education
Less than 10 yrs	51 (0 – 72)	21 (0 – 28)	70 (9 – 100)	74
10 to 12 yrs	66 (22 – 72)	21 (7 – 28)	87 (29 – 100)	61
College or higher	72 (62 – 72)	28 (7 – 28)	96 (77 – 100)	15
P	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
Occupation
1 and 2	70 (64 – 72)	28 (28 – 28)	98 (92 – 100)	4
3	68 (22 – 72)	21 (7 – 28)	89 (29 – 100)	27
4	68 (30 – 72)	14 (0 – 28)	84 (32 – 100)	31
5 and 6	57 (22 – 72)	21 (7 – 28)	78 (29 – 100)	22
7	53 (0 – 72)	21 (7 – 28)	75 (9 – 100)	66
P	< 0.0001	0.02	< 0.0001

p levels refer to Kruskal-Wallis test statistics.