Table 1.

Sample characteristics and level of health literacy in the participants (n = 78,646).

Variable	Category	n	%	Level of Health Literacy		χ2	p
				Sample Rate	Weighted Rate
Region	Urban	17,813	22.65	15.65	16.92
	Rural	60,833	77.35	5.77	8.09
						1826.324	<0.001
Sex	Male	36,625	46.57	8.32	10.10
	Female	42,021	53.43	7.94	10.31
						3.800	>0.05
Age groups	15–24	3594	4.57	11.30	11.39
	25–34	10,303	13.10	14.11	14.88
	35–44	13,527	17.20	11.67	12.01
	45–54	24,396	31.02	6.51	6.81
	55–64	18,254	23.21	5.17	5.34
	65–69	8572	10.90	3.82	4.10
						1298.920	<0.001
Education	Uneducated	12,088	15.37	1.91	2.13
	Primary school	18,254	23.21	3.60	4.16
	Junior middle school	31,104	39.55	6.38	7.08
	High school or vocational school	11,718	14.90	14.41	14.65
	Diploma or undergraduate	5262	6.69	31.35	29.44
	Postgraduate and above	220	0.28	36.41	38.40
						5996.713	<0.001
Occupation	Civil servant	645	0.82	22.14	20.71
	Teacher	1510	1.92	24.20	23.46
	Medical staff	1258	1.6	35.04	37.78
	Personnel of other government-sponsored institution	2084	2.65	19.65	18.68
	Student	1486	1.89	12.81	13.63
	Farmer	57,191	72.72	4.65	5.83
	Worker	6064	7.71	13.42	14.64
	Personnel of other enterprises	3201	4.07	20.42	20.86
	Others	5207	6.62	15.24	15.68
						4434.476	<0.001
Total		78,646		8.01	10.21