Table 2 Comparison of the hepatitis B health literacy levels of respondents with different characteristics before and after health education

 Male

581 (54.81)

697 (67.80)

37.089

<0.001

 Female

544 (55.91)

668 (66.47)

23.225

<0.001

 15~

151 (51.01)

221 (74.16)

33.995

<0.001

 25~

314 (69.62)

385 (77.78)

8.134

0.004

 35~

287 (71.22)

333 (81.82)

12.678

<0.001

 45~

239 (50.42)

294 (59.39)

7.875

0.005

 55~

134 (32.76 )

132 (39.05)

3.194

0.074

Han

1,105 (55.39)

1,361 (67.38)

60.871

<0.001

Minority

3 (23.08)

3 (37.50)

0.505

0.477

Else

17 (68.00)

1 (20.00)

4.000

0.046

 Illiterate and semiliterate

12 (25.00 )

13 (29.55)

0.240

0.624

 Primary school

57 (23.65)

69 (35.20)

7.031

0.008

 Junior high school

318 (48.55)

386 (58.31)

12.602

<0.001

 Senior high/technical school

296 (56.60)

382 (69.58)

19.426

<0.001

 Junior college/Bachelor degree or above

433 (79.60)

505 (89.07)

18.937

<0.001

 Unknown

9 (40.91)

10 (66.67)

2.369

0.124

 Civil servants/employees of enterprises and public institutions

137 (71.35)

123 (77.36)

1.633

0.201

 Professional and technical staff

161 (72.52)

202 (88.21)

17.663

<0.001

 Clerical and associated personnel

103 (74.10)

116 (79.45)

1.146

0.284

 Business and service personnel

243 (52.26)

286 (68.75)

24.892

<0.001

 Agriculture, forestry, fishery or water industry personnel

87 (39.01)

91 (40.99)

0.181

0.670

 Production and transportation workers

117 (63.24)

138 (69.70)

1.790

0.181

 Else

277 (45.63)

409 (61.69)

32.884

<0.001

 Spinsterhood

246 (57.21)

307 (69.93)

15.194

<0.001

 Married

834 (54.58)

1,013 (66.86)

48.116

<0.001

 Widowed

11 (57.89)

5 (26.32)

3.886

0.049

 Divorced

27 (65.85)

17 (60.71)

0.190

0.663

 Unstated marital status

7 (46.67)

23 (71.88)

2.811

0.094

 <1000

123 (41.84)

159 (58.89)

16.370

<0.001

 1000~3000

327 (51.01)

275 (52.18)

0.158

0.691

 3000~5000

522 (59.05)

683 (71.97)

33.924

<0.001

 5000~10000

130 (69.52)

224 (85.82)

17.469

<0.001

 ≥10000

23 (85.19)

24 (92.31)

0.669

0.413

Basic medical insurance for urban workers

661 (64.55)

752 (76.66)

35.286

<0.001

Basic medical insurance for urban residents

188 (45.41)

254 (66.67)

36.313

<0.001

New rural cooperative medical insurance

217 (45.78)

283 (51.27)

3.074

0.080

Poverty relief

3 (100.00)

2 (33.33)

3.600

0.058

Commercial health insurance

10 (71.43)

6 (85.71)

0.525

0.469

Free medical care

12 (57.14)

12 (80.00)

2.057

0.151

Full medical care

16 (34.04)

30 (81.08)

18.490

<0.001

Else

18 (50.00)

26 (48.15)

0.030

0.863

Total

1,125 (55.34)

1,365 (67.14)

59.681

<0.001