Table 1.
Taking prescribed medications daily, self-assessed health and health literacy status of the total respondents
| Health literacy status of the total respondents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-adequate | Adequate | Total | Chi-square | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p value | |
| Taking prescribed medications daily | ||||
| Yes | 777 (18.99) | 3314 (81.01) | 4091 (59.58) | < 0.001 |
| No | 436 (15.71) | 2339 (84.29) | 2775 (40.42) | |
| Total | 1213 (17.67) | 5653 (82.33) | 6866 (100.00) | |
| Self-assessed health | ||||
| Excellent | 67 (8.86) | 689 (91.14) | 756 (11.00) | < 0.001 |
| Very good | 326 (12.08) | 2372(87.92) | 2698 (39.27) | |
| Good | 487 (20.66) | 1870 (79.34) | 2357 (34.30) | |
| Poor | 263 (29.52) | 628 (70.48) | 891 (12.97) | |
| Very poor | 71 (42.01) | 98 (57.99) | 169 (2.46) | |
| Total | 1214 (17.67) | 5657 (82.33) | 6871 (100.00) | |