Table 2 Proportions of different FHL and HLS levels by socio-demographic variables a
From: Health literacy among refugees in Sweden – a cross-sectional study
Inadequate FHL | Problematic FHL | Sufficient FHL | p-Value | Inadequate CHL | Problematic CHL | Sufficient CHL | p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of subjects | 238 | 78 | 80 | 78 | 98 | 109 | ||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
Gender | 0.062b | 0.673b | ||||||
Men | 118 (57.8) | 50 (24.5) | 36 (17.6) | 43 (28.7) | 48 (32.0) | 59 (39.3) | ||
Women | 115 (62.5) | 28 (15.2) | 41 (22.3) | 32 (24.8) | 47 (36.4) | 50 (38.8) | ||
Age n (%) | 0.043 b | 0.204b | ||||||
18–24 | 24 (53.3) | 11 (24.4) | 10 (22.2) | 6 (18.2) | 14 (42.4) | 13 (39.4) | ||
25–44 | 131 (55.5) | 56 (23.7) | 49(20.8) | 52 (29.9) | 64 (36.8) | 58 (33.3) | ||
45 year or older | 57 (75.0) | 10 (13.2) | 9 (11.8) | 14 (26.9) | 13 (25.0) | 25 (48.1) | ||
Country of birth | 0.075b | 0.850b | ||||||
Somalia | 69(75.8) | 13 (14.3) | 9 (9.9) | 14 (19.4) | 27 (37.5) | 31 (43.1) | ||
Afghanistan | 23 (69.7) | 5 (15.2) | 5 (15.2) | 8 (29.6) | 11 (40.7) | 8 (29.6) | ||
Iraq | 48 (60.0) | 12 (15.0) | 20 (25.0) | 13 (25.5) | 18 (35.3) | 20 (39.2) | ||
Syria | 47 (57.3) | 18 (22.0) | 17 (20.7) | 11 (20.4) | 21 (38.9) | 22 (40.7) | ||
Other | 28 (51.9) | 14 (25.9) | 12 (22.2) | 12 (32.4) | 11 (29.7) | 14 (37.8) | ||
Years of resid. permit | < 0.001 b | 0.162b | ||||||
Less than 1 year | 15 (65.2) | 4 (17.4) | 4 (17.4) | 8 (47.1) | 3 (17.6) | 6 (35.3) | ||
1 – 2 years | 125 (52.5) | 64 (26.9) | 49 (20.6) | 48 (28.6) | 62 (36.9) | 58 (34.5) | ||
More than 2 years | 68 (74.4) | 7 (7.7) | 16 (17.6) | 15 (20.5) | 26 (35.6) | 32 (43.8) | ||
Religion | 0.186c | 0.746c | ||||||
Not religious | 5 (31.3) | 6 (37.5) | 5 (31.3) | 3 (27.3) | 2 (18.2) | 6 (54.5) | ||
Muslim | 157 (60.4) | 48 (18.5) | 55 (21.2) | 49 (25.3) | 69 (35.6) | 76 (39.2) | ||
Christian | 38 (58.5) | 18 (27.7) | 9 (13.8) | 11 (25.0) | 13 (29.5) | 20 (45.5) | ||
Other religion | 12 (60.0) | 4 (20.0) | 4 (20.0) | 4 (26.7) | 7 (46.7) | 4 (26.7) | ||
Education | < 0.001 b | 0.995b | ||||||
None | 42 (89.4) | 1 (2.1) | 4 (8.5) | 12 (30.0) | 14 (35.0) | 14 (35.0) | ||
1–6 years | 58 (69.0) | 15 (17.9) | 11 (13.1) | 15 (26.3) | 19 (33.3) | 23 (40.4) | ||
7–12 years | 72 (55.4) | 25 (19.2) | 33 (25.4) | 24 (25.3) | 33 (34.7) | 38 (40.0) | ||
More than 12 years | 63 (48.1) | 37 (28.2) | 31 (23.7) | 26 (28.9) | 31 (34.4) | 33 (36.7) |