Table 3.
Correlation of participants’ characteristics with low health literacy prevalence.
| Low health literacy | ||||||||
| Characteristics | Total | P value | Basic knowledge and concepts | P value | Lifestyle | P value | Health-related skills | P value |
| Age, No. (%) | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
| 16–35 yr | 2507 (75.3) | 2140 (64.3) | 2776 (83.4) | 2716 (81.6) | ||||
| 36–55 yr | 2694 (81.0) | 2336 (70.2) | 2907 (87.4) | 2848 (85.6) | ||||
| 56–75 yr | 2863 (86.9) | 2546 (77.2) | 3016 (91.5) | 3004 (91.1) | ||||
| Gender, No. (%) | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
| Female | 3836 (78.5) | 3199 (65.5) | 4160 (85.1) | 4082 (83.5) | ||||
| Male | 4228 (83.5) | 3823 (75.5) | 4539 (89.6) | 4486 (88.6) | ||||
| Education level, No. (%) | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
| Primary school or below | 2395 (90.7) | 2278 (86.3) | 2502 (94.7) | 2499 (94.6) | ||||
| Junior high school | 3311 (82.5) | 2843 (70.9) | 3535 (88.1) | 3478 (86.7) | ||||
| High school | 1592 (73.0) | 1313 (60.2) | 1803 (82.7) | 1772 (81.3) | ||||
| University or above | 766 (68.4) | 588 (52.5) | 859 (76.7) | 819 (73.1) | ||||
| Annual household income, No. (%) | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
| <¥10,000 | 752 (91.9) | 723 (88.4) | 768 (93.9) | 784 (95.8) | ||||
| ¥10,000–¥29,999 | 4355 (85.6) | 3917 (77.0) | 4615 (90.8) | 4553 (89.5) | ||||
| ¥30,000–¥49,999 | 1827 (74.0) | 1503 (60.9) | 2065 (83.6) | 2025 (82.0) | ||||
| ≥¥50,000 | 1130 (71.6) | 879 (55.7) | 1251 (79.2) | 1206 (76.4) | ||||
| Location, No. (%) | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
| Rural | 4248 (87.0) | 3882 (79.5) | 4464 (91.4) | 4446 (91.1) | ||||
| Urban | 3816 (75.3) | 3140 (61.9) | 4235 (83.5) | 4122 (81.3) | ||||