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. 2019 Jun 13;14(6):e0218138. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218138

Table 2. Health literacy scores for women included in the cross-sectional clinical audit.

Characteristic Group (n) Proportion low literacy, % [95%CI] P value*
Spoken Language (n = 460) Burmese (231) 57 [50–63] 0.017
S’gaw Karen (155) 66 [58–73]
Pwo Karen (69) 75 [63–84]
Other (Mon, Thai, Hmong, Rakhine) (5) 60 [17–92]
Reading language (n = 275) Burmese (230) 38 [32–44] 0.311
S’gaw Karen (40) 43 [28–58]
Thai (5) 20 [2–75]
Grade attained in school (n = 525) 0–3 (354) 85 [81–88] <0.001
4–7 (124) 22 [15–30]
≥8 (47) 6 [2–18]

* p value for median composite score