Table 2 Participants characteristics overall and by level of health literacy, n = 8080, HISlink 2018, Belgium
Total | Sufficient level of HL | Insufficient level of HL | P value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Unweighted % (sample) | Weighted % (population) | n | Unweighted % (sample) | Weighted % (population) | n | Unweighted % (sample) | Weighted % (population) | ||
All | 8080 | 100 | 100 | 5255 | 66.0 | 65.8 | 2825 | 35.0 | 34.2 | |
Sex | 0.0141 | |||||||||
Male | 3812 | 47.2 | 48.0 | 2517 | 66.0 | 67.2 | 1295 | 34.0 | 32.8 | |
Female | 4268 | 52.8 | 52.0 | 2738 | 64.1 | 64.5 | 1530 | 35.9 | 35.5 | |
Age, mean ± SE | 8080 | 51.8 ± 18.0 | 50.5 ± 0.3 | 5255 | 51.8 ± 17.5 | 50.5 ± 0.4 | 2825 | 52.0 ± 19.0 | 50.5 ± 0.6 | 0.9414 |
Educational attainment | ||||||||||
Higher secondary education or lower | 4243 | 52.5 | 53.2 | 2527 | 59.6 | 60.3 | 1716 | 40.0 | 39.7 | < 0.0001 |
Higher education | 3837 | 47.5 | 46.8 | 2728 | 71.1 | 72.1 | 1109 | 28.9 | 27.9 | |
Income | < 0.0001 | |||||||||
Lower income | 4149 | 51.3 | 47.8 | 2532 | 61.0 | 61.1 | 1617 | 39.0 | 38.9 | |
Higher income | 3931 | 48.7 | 52.2 | 2723 | 69.3 | 70.1 | 1208 | 30.7 | 29.9 | |