TABLE 2.
Demographic Characteristics of Clinician and Group Health Literacy Sample (N = 601)
| Questions | Response | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Self-rated overall health | Excellent | 8.9 |
| Very good | 16.3 | |
| Good | 30.5 | |
| Fair | 32.3 | |
| Poor | 9.6 | |
| Missing | 2.4 | |
| Highest level of completed education |
Eighth grade or less | 16.1 |
| Some high school, but did not graduate |
20.1 | |
| High school graduate or GED | 23.8 | |
| Some college or 2-y degree | 25.6 | |
| 4-y college graduate | 7.5 | |
| >4-y college degree | 4.9 | |
| Missing | 2.0 | |
| Hispanic or Latino origin | Hispanic or Latino | 39.4 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 55.1 | |
| Missing | 5.5 | |
| Race | American Indian or Alaska Native |
0.8 |
| Asian | 1.0 | |
| Black | 44.5 | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
0.2 | |
| White | 20.5 | |
| Other | 21.3 | |
| ≥ 2 races | 2.2 | |
| Missing | 9.3 | |
| Age category | 18-24 | 5.3 |
| 25–34 | 9.3 | |
| 35–44 | 16.7 | |
| 45–54 | 22.0 | |
| 55–64 | 24.6 | |
| 65–74 | 14.2 | |
| Missing | 7.9 | |
| Sex | Female | 79.7 |
| Male | 17.3 | |
| Missing | 3.0 |
GED indicates general educational development.