Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants based on health literacy in the Kurdistan province in Iran, 2018
From: Measuring the constructs of health literacy in the Iranian adult Kurdish population
Demographic Characteristics | Total Participants n (%) | Poor Health literacy n (%) | Average literacy n (%) | Good Health literacy n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Population | 980 (100.0) | 494 (50.4) | 333 (34.0) | 153 (15.6) |
Mean (SD) age (years) | 36.71 ± 11.88 | 39.56 ± 12.54 | 33.61 ± 10.71 | 33.00 ± 9.77 |
Sex | ||||
 Male | 499 (50.9) | 282 (56.5) | 145 (29.1) | 72 (14.4) |
 Female | 481 (49.1) | 216 (44.9) | 182 (37.8) | 83 (17.3) |
Education | ||||
 Illiterate | 148 (15.1) | 147 (99.3) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) |
 Primary-junior high school | 424 (43.3) | 264 (62.3) | 121 (28.5) | 39 (9.2) |
 High school-diploma | 246 (25.1) | 68 (27.6) | 120 (48.8) | 58 (23.6) |
 Academic | 162 (16.5) | 25 (15.4) | 86 (53.1) | 51 (31.5) |
Place of Residence | ||||
 Urban areas | 490 (50.0) | 239 (48.8) | 184 (37.5) | 67 (13.7) |
 Rural areas | 490 (50.0) | 257 (52.4) | 147 (30.0) | 86 (17.6) |
Employment | ||||
 Student | 53 (5.4) | 12 (22.6) | 28 (52.8) | 13 (24.6) |
 Homemaker | 413 (42.1) | 258 (62.5) | 112 (27.1) | 43 (10.4) |
 Retired | 38 (3.9) | 12 (31.6) | 21 (55.3) | 5 (13.1) |
 Unemployed | 71 (7.3) | 24 (33.8) | 32 (45.1) | 15 (21.1) |
 Self-employed | 193 (19.7) | 110 (57.0) | 59 (30.6) | 24 (12.4) |
 Part-time job | 156 (15.9) | 68 (43.5) | 63 (40.4) | 25 (16.1) |
 Employed | 56 (5.7) | 5 (8.9) | 20 (35.7) | 31 (55.4) |