Table 3.
Mean Scores for GEN-HL, HC-HL, DP-HL, and HP-HL by gender, education, place of residence, age, participation in activities run by Daily Center for the Elderly or other organisations/institutions, and self-assessment of health condition.
| HL Indices | Gender | |||||||
| Male | Female | Statistic | ||||||
| M | SD | M | SD | Z | p | |||
| GEN-HL | 30.93 | 7.27 | 32.10 | 6.28 | −0.690 | 0.490 | ||
| HC-HL | 31.47 | 7.75 | 33.43 | 6.58 | −0.900 | 0.368 | ||
| DP-HL | 30.65 | 8.82 | 32.47 | 7.27 | −1.037 | 0.300 | ||
| HP-HL | 31.03 | 7.71 | 31.01 | 7.76 | −0.015 | 0.988 | ||
| Level of Education | ||||||||
| Primary Education | Secondary Education | Tertiary Education | H | p | ||||
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |||
| GEN-HL | 29.66 | 5.94 | 32.45 | 7.22 | 34.34 | 5.18 | 6.211 | 0.045 |
| HC-HL | 30.44 | 6.30 | 33.10 | 6.89 | 36.90 | 6.79 | 10.183 | 0.006 |
| DP-HL | 29.32 | 7.60 | 33.30 | 8.27 | 34.11 | 5.66 | 5.319 | 0.070 |
| HP-HL | 29.30 | 6.27 | 31.32 | 8.58 | 34.47 | 7.47 | 3.935 | 0.140 |
| Rural Area | Urban Area | Z | p | |||||
| M | SD | M | SD | |||||
| GEN-HL | 29.72 | 6.11 | 33.06 | 6.66 | −2.179 | 0.029 | ||
| HC-HL | 30.69 | 6.74 | 34.20 | 6.84 | −2.257 | 0.024 | ||
| DP-HL | 29.56 | 6.97 | 33.41 | 8.11 | −2.265 | 0.024 | ||
| HP-HL | 28.54 | 6.75 | 32.89 | 7.90 | −2.653 | 0.008 | ||
| Age | ||||||||
| Up to 74 | 75 and Older | Z | p | |||||
| M | SD | M | SD | |||||
| GEN-HL | 32.17 | 6.91 | 31.04 | 6.21 | −0.679 | 0.497 | ||
| HC-HL | 33.19 | 7.36 | 32.24 | 6.42 | −0.643 | 0.521 | ||
| DP-HL | 32.30 | 7.87 | 31.12 | 7.88 | −0.242 | 0.809 | ||
| HP-HL | 31.42 | 8.26 | 30.45 | 6.89 | −1.044 | 0.296 | ||
| Participation in Activities Run by Daily Center for the Elderly or Other Organisations/Institutions | ||||||||
| Yes | No | Z | p | |||||
| M | SD | M | SD | |||||
| GEN-HL | 34.25 | 6.97 | 30.49 | 6.14 | −2.133 | 0.033 | ||
| HC-HL | 34.99 | 7.14 | 31.72 | 6.69 | −1.845 | 0.065 | ||
| DP-HL | 35.17 | 7.53 | 30.19 | 7.54 | −2.528 | 0.011 | ||
| HP-HL | 34.35 | 8.78 | 29.29 | 6.50 | −2.337 | 0.019 | ||
| Self-Assessment of Health Condition | ||||||||
| Very Good/Good | Fair/Bad | Z | p | |||||
| M | SD | M | SD | |||||
| GEN-HL | 33.17 | 7.13 | 30.70 | 6.11 | −2.327 | 0.020 | ||
| HC-HL | 34.31 | 7.47 | 31.74 | 6.46 | −2.181 | 0.029 | ||
| DP-HL | 32.28 | 8.39 | 31.49 | 7.50 | −0.947 | 0.344 | ||
| HP-HL | 33.21 | 8.23 | 29.42 | 6.94 | −2.568 | 0.010 | ||
GEN-HL—General Health Literacy Index, HC-HL—Health Care Literacy Index, DP-HL—Disease Prevention Literacy Index, HP-KL—Health Promotion Literacy Index, M—mean value, SD—standard deviation, Z—Mann–Whitney U, H—Kruskal–Wallis Test.