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Table 3 The unweighted and weighted level of health literacy among residents and their associations with family average income, education and occupation among urban and rural adult participants in Nanjing, China

From: The relationship between socioeconomic position and health literacy among urban and rural adults in regional China

Characteristics (N = 8698)

Number of participants having adequate HL

Unweighted

Weighted

% of participants having adequate HL

Adjusted odds

ratio* (95%CI)

% of participants having adequate HL

Adjusted odds

ratio* (95%CI)

Overall (all levels)

1566

18.0

 

19.9

 

Education in years

 0–9

344

8.8

1

10.2

1

 10–12

410

18.7

1.76 (1.49, 2.09)

18.0

1.68 (1.23, 2.29)

  ≥ 13

812

31.6

2.48 (2.06, 2.99)

28.4

2.41 (1.60, 3.64)

Family average income

 Low

265

8.9

1

10.9

1

 Middle

441

17.8

1.66 (1.39, 1.97)

19.0

1.59 (1.19, 2.13)

 High

816

27.2

2.02 (169, 2.41)

25.8

1.92 (1.24, 2.98)

Occupation

 Blue collar

1170

15.8

1

17.9

1

 White collar

396

31.1

1.48 (1.28, 1.72)

29.3

1.33 (1.09, 1.61)

  1. * Adjusted odds ratio: with adjustment for age, sex, area of residence, history of chronic disease