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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: A national survey of ambient air pollution health literacy among adult residents of Taiwan

Characteristics

Source of information

 

Home phones

(n = 1017)

Mobile phones

(n = 280)

p value

n

%

n

%

 

Gender

    

0.004

 Men

473

46.5

103

36.8

 

 Women

544

53.5

177

63.2

 

Age (years)

    

< 0.001

 20–34

228

22.4

79

28.2

 

 35–44

180

17.7

65

23.2

 

 45–54

222

21.8

74

26.4

 

 55–64

257

25.3

53

18.9

 

  > =65

130

12.8

9

3.2

 

Education

    

< 0.001

 Junior high school and lower

118

11.6

7

2.5

 

 High school

306

30.1

67

23.9

 

 College

516

50.7

181

64.6

 

 Graduate studies

77

7.6

25

8.9

 

Occupation

    

< 0.001

 Clerks

52

5.2

30

10.9

 

 Service workers and shop and market sales workers

214

21.1

50

18.1

 

 Technology professionals

53

5.3

18

6.6

 

 Construction workers

51

5.1

14

5.1

 

 Agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, and fishing workers

38

3.8

15

5.5

 

 Transportation and communication workers

59

5.9

30

10.9

 

 Teachers, athletes, and art performers

103

10.1

43

15.6

 

 Healthcare and social workers

27

2.7

12

4.4

 

 Legislators, government administrators, business executives and managers

37

3.7

14

5.1

 

 Others (including housekeeper, retirees, and students)

374

37.1

49

17.8

 

Living arrangement

    

< 0.001

 Living alone

93

9.1

54

19.3

 

 Living with someone

924

90.9

226

80.7

 

  Children < 12 years

225

22.1

44

15.7

 

  Someone who is a student and aged > = 12 years

407

40.0

102

36.4

 

  Elderly people aged > = 65

420

41.3

90

32.1

 

Marital status

    

0.006

 Single

268

26.4

93

33.2

 

 Married

698

68.6

145

51.8

 

 Others

51

5.0

42

15.0

 

Area of living

    

< 0.001

 North

457

44.9

179

63.9

 

 Central

240

23.6

45

16.1

 

 South

257

25.3

46

16.4

 

 East and remote islands

63

6.2

10

3.6