Table 2.

Demographic profile of the participants [33]^a

Demographic Characteristics	Frequency (n)
Education
Year 10 or equivalent	1
Year 12 or equivalent	2
Certificate 1–4 levelb	4
Diplomac	2
Bachelor’s degree or postgraduate studies	16
Current employment status
Full time home duties	3
On maternity leave from paid work	11
Part time employment	7
Full time employment	4
Incomed
Low household income (AUD $475–793 per week)	4
Medium household income (AUD $793–1814 per week)	9
Higher income (> AUD $1815 per week)	11
Prefer not to answer	1
Relationship status
Married or de facto relationship	24
Single	1
Birthplace
Australia	14
New Zealand or the United Kingdom	8
South Africa, the Netherlands, Colombia	1 each
Cultural and linguistic diversity
Women who identified as being from non-English speaking backgrounds	4
Women who identified as being from English speaking backgrounds	21
Health literacy levels (n = 24 completed)
Single item health literacy evaluation question: how confident are you in filling out medical forms by yourself?
Extremely (adequate health literacy)	16
Quite a bit (adequate health literacy)	6
Somewhat (at risk of limited health literacy)	2
Newest Vital Sign
Adequate functional health literacy (score ≥ 4 correct items out of 6)	23
Limited functional health literacy (score 3/6)	1

^aDemographic data from this group of participants has been previously published [33]; this current paper reports on another set of findings from the in-depth interviews and focus group discussions

^bCertificate 1–4 courses are provided through the Vocational Education and Training sector in Australia, and cover industry-specific knowledge and skills involving communication, teamwork, literacy and numeracy [47]

^cDiplomas are provided through the Vocational Education and Training sector in Australia and provide education for working in industry, enterprise and paraprofessional careers [47]

^dAccording to Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015–16 income distribution quintiles [48]