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Table 2 Characteristics of study participants

From: Relationship between socioeconomic, demographic, health and social characteristics and ability to access reliable information on herbal and food supplements: analysis of Thai Health Literacy Survey 2019

Characteristics

Total (n = 17,530)

Male (n = 6779)

Female (n = 10,751)

%

n

%

n

%

n

Age group

 15–24 years

10.9

1906

12.3

832

10.0

1074

 25–45 years

24.0

4208

25.2

1707

23.3

2501

 46–59 years

30.2

5302

27.8

1887

31.8

3415

 60 years and above

34.9

6114

34.7

2353

35.0

3761

 Missing values

0

0

0

0

0

0

Marital status

 Single

21.5

3764

24.8

1678

19.4

2086

 Married or living together

63.3

11,099

67.7

4588

60.6

6511

 Separated or divorced

15.1

2651

7.5

507

19.9

2144

 Missing values

0.1

16

0.1

6

0.1

10

Highest level of education

 No education

4.0

702

2.8

190

4.8

512

 Primary education

51.6

9043

47.8

3240

54.0

5803

 Lower secondary education

13.0

2276

15.8

1073

11.2

1203

 Upper secondary education

19.1

3347

21.2

1436

17.8

1911

 Tertiary education

12.3

2150

12.3

835

12.2

1315

 Missing values

0.1

12

0.1

5

0.1

7

Income sufficiency

 Deprived

11.7

2051

10.4

706

12.5

1345

 Sometimes sufficient

47.0

8241

47.4

3212

46.8

5029

 Often sufficient

35.1

6157

36.2

2454

34.4

3703

 Saving

6.0

1056

5.9

398

6.1

658

 Missing values

0.1

25

0.1

9

0.1

16

Occupation

 Unemployed

20.0

3503

12.6

854

24.6

2649

 Agriculture

33.7

5899

35.6

2410

32.5

3489

 Business owner

12.9

2253

10.1

682

14.6

1571

 Casual employment

18.6

3257

25.0

1693

14.5

1564

 Government officer

4.7

820

5.6

378

4.1

442

 Employees of private companies

3.7

654

4.5

303

3.3

351

 Student

6.3

1098

6.4

435

6.2

663

 Others

0.2

35

0.3

18

0.2

17

 Missing values

0.1

11

0.1

6

0.0

5

Insurance scheme

 UCSa

79.0

13,842

78.1

5293

79.5

8549

 SSSb

9.8

1716

10.4

706

9.4

1010

 CSMBSc/ State enterprise

8.6

1516

8.8

594

8.6

922

 Private insurance and others

2.6

456

2.7

186

2.5

270

 Missing values

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

  1. aUCS Universal Coverage Scheme; bSSS Social Security Scheme; cCSMBS Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme