Table 2 Characteristics of study participants
From: Development of the health literacy on social determinants of health questionnaire in Japanese adults
Total(n = 831) | ||
|---|---|---|
Variables | n | % |
Gender | ||
Men | 442 | 53.2 |
Women | 389 | 46.8 |
Age in categories | ||
20–29 | 137 | 16.5 |
30–39 | 180 | 21.7 |
40–49 | 167 | 20.1 |
50–59 | 169 | 20.3 |
60–69 | 178 | 21.4 |
Age (mean ± SD) | 45.5 | 13.5 |
Education attainment | ||
Junior high school | 12 | 1.4 |
High school | 188 | 22.6 |
Junior college | 183 | 22.0 |
College/University | 381 | 45.8 |
Graduate school | 66 | 7.9 |
Others | 1 | 0.1 |
Annual pre-tax household income (million yena) | ||
< 1.5 | 32 | 3.9 |
1.5–3.5 | 146 | 17.6 |
3.5–6.0 | 245 | 29.5 |
6.0–8.5 | 141 | 17.0 |
8.5–12.5 | 119 | 14.3 |
≥ 12.5 | 32 | 3.9 |
Unknown | 116 | 14.0 |
Self-assessed Living Conditions | ||
Very Hard | 64 | 7.7 |
A little Hard | 252 | 30.3 |
Common | 384 | 46.2 |
A Little Well | 116 | 14.0 |
Very well | 15 | 1.8 |
Occupation | ||
Self-employed | 42 | 5.1 |
Managerial and administrative | 30 | 3.6 |
Professional and technical | 131 | 15.8 |
Others (Routine and manual) | 244 | 29.4 |
Part time | 90 | 10.8 |
Homemaker | 150 | 18.1 |
Student | 23 | 2.8 |
Unemployed | 88 | 10.6 |
Others | 33 | 4.0 |
Municipality size | ||
Very large (population of ≥500,000) | 280 | 33.7 |
Large (population of 100,000–499,999) | 288 | 34.7 |
Moderate (population of <100,000) | 162 | 19.5 |
Small | 62 | 7.5 |
Unknown | 39 | 4.7 |