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Table 1 The status of digital health literacy by different sociodemographic characteristics (N = 572)

From: Current status and influencing factors of digital health literacy among community-dwelling older adults in Southwest China: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

n (%)

Digital health literacy

Mean (SD)

F or t

P value

Gender

  

0.594

0.553

  Male

273 (47.73%)

37.58 (17.39)

  

  Female

299 (52.27%)

36.66 (19.75)

  

Age (years)

  

19.637

 < 0.001

  65–69

283 (49.48%)

41.50 (18.46)

  

  70–74

144 (25.17%)

37.47 (18.46)

  

  75–79

92 (16.08%)

30.55 (16.28)

  

  ≥ 80

53 (9.27%)

23.91 (14.55)

  

Education level

  

72.835

 < 0.001

  Primary school or below

202 (35.31%)

24.64 (14.42)

  

  Junior high school

186 (32.52%)

39.82 (16.72)

  

  Senior high school

114 (19.93%)

46.65 (17.22)

  

  College and above

70 (12.24%)

50.24 (15.46)

  

Living arrangement

  

8.924

 < 0.001

  Live with a spouse only

231 (40.38%)

40.61 (17.78)

  

  Live with children/grandchildren only

86 (15.03%)

29.64 (17.82)

  

  Live with spouse and children/grandchildren

191 (33.39%)

37.68 (19.12)

  

  Live alone or other

64 (11.19%)

32.69 (18.08)

  

Marital status

  

3.621

 < 0.001

  Married

444 (77.62%)

38.60 (18.56)

  

  Unmarried/Divorced/Widowed

128 (22.38%)

31.89 (18.12)

  

Monthly household income per capita (RMB)

  

42.579

 < 0.001

  < 1000

42 (7.34%)

22.02 (13.38)

  

  1000–2999

216 (37.76%)

30.37 (17.19)

  

  3000–4999

242 (42.31%)

41.97 (17.64)

  

  ≥ 5000

72 (12.59%)

49.69 (15.16)

  

Self-rated health status

  

22.379

 < 0.001

  Very poor/Poor

105 (18.36%)

27.04 (15.31)

  

  Fair

231 (40.38%)

37.56 (18.64)

  

  Good/Very good

236 (41.26%)

41.12 (18.44)

  

Health concerns

  

7.921

 < 0.001

  Not concerned at all/Not quite concerned

41 (7.17%)

28.78 (18.42)

  

  General concerned

107 (18.71%)

33.57 (16.98)

  

Quite concerned/Highly concerned

424 (74.13%)

38.79 (18.78)

  

Chronic disease

  

0.803

0.422

  No

152 (26.57%)

38.14 (19.66)

  

  Yes

420 (73.43%)

36.72 (18.29)

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