Table 2.

Correlation of participants’ characteristics with health literacy score.

	Total health literacy score		Basic knowledge and concepts score		Lifestyle score		Health-related skills score
Characteristics	Mean ± SD	P value	Mean ± SD	P value	Mean ± SD	P value	Mean ± SD	P value
Age		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001
16–35 yr	66.6 ± 16.1		33.3 ± 8.4		18.1 ± 4.6		15.1 ± 4.0
36–55 yr	63.4 ± 16.9		31.9 ± 8.8		17.2 ± 4.7		14.4 ± 4.0
56–75 yr	59.4 ± 17.6		29.8 ± 9.3		16.1 ± 4.9		13.4 ± 4.1
Gender		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001
Female	66.2 ± 15.9		33.2 ± 8.3		18.0 ± 4.5		15.0 ± 3.9
Male	60.2 ± 17.7		30.2 ± 9.3		16.3 ± 4.9		13.6 ± 4.2
Education level		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001
Primary school or below	54.0 ± 17.8		27.1 ± 9.4		14.7 ± 4.9		12.2 ± 4.0
Junior high school	63.0 ± 16.2		31.6 ± 8.5		17.1 ± 4.6		14.3 ± 3.9
High school	69.2 ± 14.2		34.7 ± 7.5		18.8 ± 4.1		15.7 ± 3.5
University or above	73.1 ± 12.9		36.7 ± 6.7		19.8 ± 3.7		16.6 ± 3.5
Annual household income		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001
<¥10,000	52.6 ± 17.6		26.3 ± 9.2		14.3 ± 5.0		11.9 ± 4.0
¥10,000–¥29,999	59.9 ± 17.2		30.0 ± 9.0		16.3 ± 4.8		13.6 ± 4.0
¥30,000–¥49,999	67.6 ± 15.2		34.0 ± 8.0		18.3 ± 4.4		15.3 ± 3.7
≥¥50,000	71.8 ± 13.1		36.1 ± 6.8		19.5 ± 3.8		16.3 ± 3.5
Location		<.001		<.001		<.001		<.001
Rural	58.3 ± 17.5		29.2 ± 9.2		15.9 ± 4.9		13.2 ± 4.1
Urban	67.7 ± 15.4		34.0 ± 8.1		18.4 ± 4.4		15.4 ± 3.8