Table 1 The unweighted and weighted level of health literacy by selected characteristics of participants in Nanjing, China
Characteristics | Overall participants within each category (n and %) | Participants having adequate HL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Unweighted | Weighted | ||||
%(95%CI) | P-value* | %(95%CI) | P-value* | |||
Overall | 8698 (100) | 1566 | 18.0 (17.2, 18.8) | – | 19.9 (16.6, 23.6) | – |
Area | ||||||
 Urban | 6241 (71.8) | 1334 | 21.4 (20.4, 22.4) | <0.001 | 20.8 (17.1, 24.0) | <0.001 |
 Rural | 2457 (28.2) | 232 | 9.4 (8.3, 10.6) |  | 11.5 (8.9, 14.7) |  |
Gender | ||||||
 Man | 4255 (48.9) | 729 | 17.1 (16.0, 18.3) | 0.038 | 19.5 (16.0, 23.6) | 0.048 |
 Women | 4443 (51.1) | 837 | 18.8 (17.7, 20.0) |  | 20.3 (17.0, 24.1) |  |
Age (years) | ||||||
 25–39 | 2554 (29.4) | 701 | 27.4 (25.7, 29.2) | <0.001 | 25.1 (21.5, 29.1) | <0.001 |
 40–54 | 3255 (37.4) | 544 | 16.7 (15.4, 18.0) |  | 18.2 (14.2, 22.9) |  |
 55–69 | 2889 (33.2) | 321 | 11.1 (10.0, 12.3) |  | 13.9 (10.7, 17.8) |  |
Education in years | ||||||
 0–9 | 3930 (45.2) | 344 | 8.8 (7.9, 9.6) | <0.001 | 10.2 (7.6, 13.6) | <0.001 |
 10–12 | 2198 (25.3) | 410 | 18.7 (17.0, 20.3) |  | 18.0 (15.1, 21.3) |  |
  ≥ 13 | 2570 (29.5) | 812 | 31.6 (29.8, 33.4) |  | 28.4 (23.4, 34.1) |  |
Family average income | ||||||
 Low | 2978 (34.2) | 265 | 8.9 (7.9, 9.9) | <0.001 | 10.9 (8.3, 14.3) | <0.001 |
 Middle | 2478 (28.5) | 441 | 17.8 (16.3, 19.3) |  | 19.0 (15.5, 23.2) |  |
 High | 2998 (34.5) | 816 | 27.2 (25.6, 28.8) |  | 25.8 (20.7, 31.7) |  |
Occupation†| ||||||
 Blue collar | 7426 (85.4) | 1170 | 15.8 (14.9, 16.6) | <0.001 | 17.9 (14.9, 21.3) | <0.001 |
 White collar | 1272 (14.6) | 396 | 31.1 (28.6, 33.7) |  | 29.3 (23.5, 36.0) |  |
Chronic disease | ||||||
 No | 6472 (74.4) | 1269 | 19.6 (18.6, 20.6) | <0.001 | 20.9 (17.5, 24.8) | 0.003 |
 Yes | 2226 (25.6) | 297 | 13.3 (11.9, 14.8) |  | 15.9 (12.3, 20.3) |  |