Health literacy in a community with low levels of education: findings from Chakaria, a rural area of Bangladesh

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Table 2 First preference health care information providers by socio-demographic characteristic

Socio-demographic Characteristics	No. of respondents	Family	Neighbour	Drug seller/Village doctor	MBBS doctor	SACMO	Others	P-value
All	1217	15.1	0.8	37.5	41.6	3.6	1.4
Sex								0.013
Male	541	11.3	0.9	38.5	44.6	4.3	0.9
Female	676	18.2	0.7	36.7	39.2	3.1	1.8
Age								0.436
20–29	102	21.6	0.0	40.2	32.4	2.9	2.9
30–39	306	12.8	0.7	41.2	38.2	5.6	1.3
40–49	273	14.3	1.1	37.4	42.1	3.7	1.8
50–59	245	17.1	0.8	31.8	46.9	2.5	0.4
60+	291	14.4	1.0	37.5	43.3	2.8	1.4
Education								0.002
None	635	14.7	1.1	42.5	36.4	4.1	0.9
1–5 years	355	13.2	0.6	34.6	46.5	3.1	2.3
6+ years	227	19.4	0.4	27.8	48.4	3.1	1.3
Asset quintile								<0.001
Lowest	246	15.0	0.4	48.4	31.3	2.9	2.0
2nd	242	10.3	0.0	43.0	37.2	8.3	1.2
Middle	244	11.1	1.6	43.0	41.4	2.5	0.8
4th	242	16.5	1.7	30.6	46.7	2.9	0.8
Highest	243	22.6	0.4	22.2	51.4	0.8	2.1

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