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Table 5 Correlations between factors and scales for health literacy and preconception care (total n = 2000)

From: Development of a health literacy scale for preconception care: a study of the reproductive age population in Japan

 

Men

Women

 

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 3

Factor 4

Factor 5

Factor 6

Overall

CCHL

13-item

CFKS-J

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 3

Factor 4

Factor 5

Factor 6

Overall

CCHL

13-item

CFKS-J

Factor 1

1

.532**

.575**

.575**

.516**

.389**

.761**

0

−.355**

−.375**

1

.435**

.429**

.498**

.368**

.395**

.702**

.081*

−.339**

−.327**

Factor 2

.532**

1

.621**

.548**

.616**

.486**

.808**

.063*

−.141**

−.288**

.435**

1

.525**

.525**

.470**

.375**

.757**

.080*

−.120**

−.259**

Factor 3

.575**

.621**

1

.578**

.558**

.455**

.806**

.053

−.197**

−.281**

.429**

.525**

1

.481**

.456**

.387**

.741**

.063*

−.134**

−.196**

Factor 4

.575**

.548**

.578**

1

.563**

.516**

.801**

.05

−.124**

−.298**

.498**

.525**

.481**

1

.447**

.406**

.766**

.052

−.165**

−.262**

Factor 5

.516**

.616**

.558**

.563**

1

.581**

.814**

.023

−.080*

−.247**

.368**

.470**

.456**

.447**

1

.479**

.732**

.086**

−.074*

−.201**

Factor 6

.389**

.486**

.455**

.516**

.581**

1

.725**

.089**

.088**

−.171**

.395**

.375**

.387**

.406**

.479**

1

.700**

.110**

−.027

−.218**

Overall

.761**

.808**

.806**

.801**

.814**

.725**

1

.059

−.172**

−.352**

.702**

.757**

.741**

.766**

.732**

.700**

1

.108**

−.191**

−.332**

CCHL

0

.063*

.053

.05

.023

.089**

.059

1

.108**

.05

.081*

.080*

.063*

.052

.086**

.110**

.108**

1

.082**

−.064*

13-item

−.355**

−.141**

−.197**

−.124**

−.080*

.088**

−.172**

.108**

1

.362**

−.339**

−.120**

−.134**

−.165**

−.074*

−.027

−.191**

.082**

1

.327**

CFKS-J

−.375**

−.288**

−.281**

−.298**

−.247**

−.171**

−.352**

.05

.362**

1

−.327**

−.259**

−.196**

−.262**

−.201**

−.218**

−.332**

−.064*

.327**

1

  1. *p < 0.05、**p < 0.01
  2. Factors 1–6: higher scores indicate a greater tendency for a lack of health literacy
  3. Overall (25-item total score): higher scores indicate a greater tendency for a lack of health literacy
  4. CCHL: Communicative and Critical Health Literacy scale, with higher scores indicating higher health literacy
  5. Our 13-item scale assessing preconception care knowledge, with higher scores indicating higher knowledge
  6. CFKS-J: the Japanese version of the Cardiff Fertility Knowledge Scale, with higher scores indicating higher knowledge
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