. 2017 Nov 9;1(4):e216–e230. doi: 10.3928/24748307-20170929-01

Table 1.

Proportion of Adults Age 25 Years and Older Who Reported Receiving Health Literate Care: Key Demographics

Demographic	Instruction Easy		Teach-Back		Help with Forms

	Proportion	Relative Difference^a	Proportion	Relative Difference^a	Proportion	Relative Difference^a

Total	0.675		0.268		0.156

Age (years)
25–44^b	0.679		0.261		0.134
45–64	0.686		0.276		0.153^*	14.5%
65–74	0.681		0.252		0.161^*	20.7%
75+	0.661		0.271		0.195^**	45.6%

Education
No high school	0.688		0.380^**	93.8%	0.201^**	47.2%
High school	0.668		0.297^**	51.4%	0.163^*	19.8%
Some college	0.685		0.287^**	46.3%	0.160^*	17.4%
College degree	0.683		0.216		0.137
Postgraduate^b	0.686		0.196		0.137

Race
Non-Hispanic Black	0.689		0.356^**	43.7%	0.170
Non-Hispanic White^b	0.686		0.248		0.149
Hispanic	0.651^*	−5.1%	0.323^**	30.35%	0.161
Asian	0.607^**	−11.6%	0.328^**	32.5%	0.177
Others	0.700		0.291		0.211

Language
Comfortable speaking English^b	0.681		0.266		0.152
Uncomfortable speaking English	0.660		0.306		0.246^**	61.7%

Insurance
Any private^b	0.685		0.265		0.152
Public only	0.670		0.275		0.160
Uninsured	0.647		0.267		0.152

Income level
Poor^b	0.684		0.260		0.156
Near poor	0.686		0.311^*	19.4%	0.162
Low income	0.689		0.288		0.153
Middle income	0.676		0.267		0.150
High income	0.681		0.260		0.155

Note: Regression-adjusted proportions are presented. Each regression controlled for year fixed effects, gender, age group, marital status, education, race/ethnicity, comfort speaking English, perceived health status and perceived mental health status, taking five or more prescription drugs, body mass index categories, smoking status, U.S. Census region, and metropolitan statistical area. It also controls for the gender, race, specialty, and practice location of the usual source of care. Race/ethnicity categories other than Hispanic include only non-Hispanic people.

Significance refers to differences from the reference group in each category. For significant differences, we calculated how much larger or smaller the value was than the reference group.

Reference group.

p < .1.

^**

p < .001.