Table 4 Demographic characteristics of participants based on health literacy constructs in the Kurdistan province in Iran, 2018
From: Measuring the constructs of health literacy in the Iranian adult Kurdish population
Demographic characteristics | health information access (Mean ± SD) | health information use (Mean ± SD) | Reading skills (Mean ± SD) | Comprehension skills (Mean ± SD) | Interpretation /judgment skills (Mean ± SD) | Communication /Decision-making skills (Mean ± SD) | Health knowledge (Mean ± SD) | Individual empowerment (Mean ± SD) | Social empowerment (Mean ± SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||||||||
 Male | 9.2 ± 4.8 | 9.6 ± 4.6 | 6.9 ± 6.6 | 8.7 ± 6.7 | 9.3 ± 7.0 | 12.6 ± 4.5 | 10.9 ± 5.8 | 4.5 ± 5.4 | 9.2 ± 5.8 |
 Female | 9.8 ± 5.3 | 9.8 ± 5.3 | 8.4 ± 6.5 | 10.3 ± 5.8 | 10.9 ± 5.9 | 13.0 ± 4.7 | 12.1 ± 5.9 | 5.9 ± 5.6 | 10.3 ± 6.0 |
Education | |||||||||
 Illiterate | 7.3 ± 3.2 | 7.7 ± 3.8 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 9.0 ± 4.8 | 7.2 ± 5.8 | 1.5 ± 3.4 | 5.6 ± 5.6 |
 Primary-junior high school | 8.5 ± 4.5 | 8.9 ± 4.5 | 7.1 ± 6.2 | 9.3 ± 5.2 | 9.8 ± 5.3 | 12.5 ± 4.5 | 11.2 ± 5.6 | 3.6 ± 4.5 | 9.7 ± 5.9 |
 Junior-high school-diploma | 10.8 ± 5.4 | 10.7 ± 5.2 | 10.6 ± 5.4 | 12.8 ± 4.7 | 13.4 ± 4.5 | 14.3 ± 3.9 | 13.3 ± 3.9 | 7.4 ± 5.6 | 11.0 ± 5.3 |
 University | 12.4 ± 5.5 | 12.1 ± 5.1 | 11.8 ± 5.6 | 13.7 ± 4.2 | 15.1 ± 4.4 | 14.8 ± 3.2 | 13.4 ± 5.1 | 10.0 ± 5.4 | 11.0 ± 5.3 |
Residence | |||||||||
 Urban areas | 9.9 ± 5.4 | 10.3 ± 4.8 | 7.8 ± 5.9 | 9.6 ± 5.7 | 10.8 ± 6.0 | 12.6 ± 4.2 | 10.6 ± 5.7 | 6.0 ± 5.7 | 9.1 ± 5.3 |
 Rural areas | 9.3 ± 4.8 | 9.2 ± 4.9 | 7.6 ± 7.2 | 9.1 ± 6.9 | 9.4 ± 6.9 | 13.1 ± 4.9 | 12.6 ± 5.8 | 4.4 ± 5.1 | 10.5 ± 6.4 |
Employment | |||||||||
 Student | 12.6 ± 5.0 | 11.6 ± 5.1 | 10.8 ± 5.5 | 13.3 ± 4.4 | 14.4 ± 4.5 | 13.5 ± 3.3 | 11.9 ± 5.5 | 8.6 ± 5.5 | 12.1 ± 4.4 |
 Homemaker | 8.6 ± 4.4 | 9.1 ± 4.3 | 6.1 ± 6.6 | 8.0 ± 6.7 | 8.5 ± 7.0 | 12.4 ± 4.5 | 10.7 ± 5.8 | 3.7 ± 4.8 | 8.7 ± 5.7 |
 Retired | 11.3 ± 4.9 | 11.7 ± 4.6 | 8.1 ± 5.2 | 11.1 ± 4.8 | 11.1 ± 5.1 | 15.1 ± 3.5 | 12.2 ± 5.9 | 7.3 ± 6.0 | 11.4 ± 5.5 |
 Unemployed | 10.5 ± 5.1 | 10.3 ± 5.4 | 9.8 ± 6.6 | 11.9 ± 5.4 | 12.8 ± 4.6 | 13.7 ± 4.0 | 13.7 ± 4.7 | 6.3 ± 5.2 | 11.7 ± 6.0 |
 Self-employed | 8.9 ± 5.1 | 9.2 ± 5.0 | 7.2 ± 6.4 | 8.9 ± 5.8 | 9.7 ± 6.1 | 12.0 ± 5.0 | 11.3 ± 6.0 | 4.9 ± 5.2 | 9.7 ± 6.1 |
 Part-time job | 9.2 ± 5.2 | 9.4 ± 5.0 | 8.8 ± 6.3 | 10.3 ± 5.5 | 11.0 ± 5.6 | 13.4 ± 4.4 | 12.7 ± 5.5 | 5.9 ± 5.4 | 10.6 ± 5.5 |
 Employed | 14.3 ± 5.9 | 13.5 ± 5.2 | 13.5 ± 5.7 | 14.8 ± 4.4 | 15.9 ± 4.2 | 16.0 ± 3.2 | 15.1 ± 4.6 | 12.2 ± 5.6 | 12.4 ± 5.4 |