Examining income-related inequality in health literacy and health-information seeking among urban population in China

Table 2 Characteristics of the Study Sample from Guangzhou (2013 data)

		N (=17290)	%
Dependent variables
Adequate health literacy		9599	55.52
Health information seeking from health professionals		4530	26.20
Need factors
Age	Under 30 years	2749	15.90
	30-59 years	9778	56.55
	60 and above	4763	27.55
Gender	Male	7837	45.33
Gender	Female	9453	54.67
Self-reported diseases/symptoms	Hypertension	2858	16.53
	Diabetes	1020	5.90
	Heart	370	2.14
	Gastritis	396	2.29
	Arthritis	357	2.06
	Hyperlipidemia	551	3.19
	Pulmonary	72	0.42
	Sleepless	7538	43.60
Non-need factors
Education level	Primary or lower	4332	25.05
	Secondary level	9203	53.23
	College level	3755	21.72
Marital status	Never-married	2243	12.97
	Currently married	13628	78.82
	Divorced/separated/widowed	1419	8.21
Household economic status
Household income per capita in RMB, mean (SD)		27615.91	(39625)

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