Table 2:

Descriptive statistics of health literacy of rural population in Kazakhstan (n=1165)

Health literacy competence	Access information		Understand information		Appraise information		Apply information		HL index
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Health care	2.3	0.61	2.6	0.52	2.4	0.57	2.7	0.22	26.5	5.8
Disease prevention	2.7	0.48	3.4	0.48	2.2	0.54	2.1	0.41	27.9	6.1
Health promotion	2.5	0.63	2.5	0.57	2.6	0.56	2.6	0.61	24.6	6.1
HL index	24.8	6.11	29.7	5.44	22.8	5.98	28.6	5.25	26.3	6.1