Table 3.

Results of univariate analysis of determinants of medication literacy for outpatients, Changsha, Hunan, China, October 2014 to January 2015 (n = 425).

Variable name	Mean (SD) of total score	t/ H/ F	P
Gender
Male	8.81 ± 3.36	3.19	<0.01
Female	8.64 ± 3.01
Age (years)
≤25	11.50 ± 1.51	123.44	<0.01
26–35	11.39 ± 1.67
36–45	11.26 ± 2.16
46–55	10.45 ± 1.80
56–65	8.95 ± 2.69
>65	5.97 ± 3.34
Employment
Full-time	10.50 ± 2.35	9.64	<0.01
Unemployed/  Retired	7.32 ± 3.45
Education (years)
≤6	5.10 ± 2.76	163.78	<0.01
7–9	9.11 ± 2.62
10–12	10.95 ± 1.53
13–16	11.79 ± 1.72
>16	11.80 ± 3.54
Marital status
Married	8.62 ± 3.35	3.41	<0.01
Unmarried	6.84 ± 3.749
Monthly income (¥)a
<1000	6.75 ± 3.61	12.13	<0.01
1000–3000	7.56 ± 3.51
>3000	9.15 ± 3.20
Number of health problems
1	9.03 ± 3.32	5.64	<0.01
2	7.89 ± 3.47
≥3	7.52 ± 3.56
Number of medicines currently taken
1	9.38 ± 3.12	16.50	<0.01
2–3	9.28 ± 2.98
4–5	7.85 ± 3.24
≥6	7.63 ± 4.00

¥1 = US$0.1545; t, two-sample t-test; H, Kruskal–Wallis test; F, analysis of variance.