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Table 1 General demographic characteristics of survey participants

From: Validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the Health Literacy Scale Short-Form in the Chinese population

Characteristic

Number (%)

Characteristic

Number (%)

sex

  

Permanent residence

  

    male

4994

(45.6)

    Cities and towns

7962

(72.7)

    women

5957

(54.4)

    Rural

2989

(27.3)

Age range (years)

  

Nationality

  

    12 ~ 18

1008

(9.2)

    Han ethnic group

10,310

(94.1)

    19 ~ 30

3600

(32.9)

    National minority

641

(5.9)

    31 ~ 40

1732

(15.8)

Marital status

  

    41 ~ 50

2481

(22.7)

    Unmarried

4291

(39.2)

    51 ~ 59

1006

(9.2)

    Married

6219

(56.8)

    60–70

508

(4.6)

    Divorced or widowed

441

(4.0)

    71 ~ 80

512

(4.7)

Professional status

  

    ≥ 81

104

(0.9)

    Students

3236

(29.5)

Highest level of education

  

    Be in post

4637

(42.3)

    No formal academic education

375

(3.4)

    Retirement

883

(8.1)

    Secondary school

744

(6.8)

    No fixed occupation

2195

(20.0)

    Junior high school

1421

(13.0)

Method of covering medical expenses

  

    Secondary or high school

1955

(17.8)

    Resident health insurance

5294

(48.3)

    Tertiary and above

6456

(59.0)

    Employee health insurance

2935

(26.8)

Nature of household

  

    Publicly funded, self-funded and commercial health insurance

2722

(24.9)

    Non-agricultural

6326

(57.8)

Monthly per capita household income(¥)

  

    Agriculture

4625

(42.2)

    ≤ 1500

1056

(9.6)

Region

  

    1501–3000

2168

(19.8)

    Eastern part

5667

(51.7)

    3001–4500

2323

(21.2)

    Middle part

2969

(27.1)

    4501–6000

1903

(17.4)

    Western part

2315

(21.1)

    ≥ 6001

3501

(32.0)

Status of receipt of grants

  

Religious affiliation or non-affiliation

  

    Government grants

1339

(12.2)

    Be

319

(2.9)

    Social grants

249

(2.3)

    Deny

10,632

(97.1)

    No grant received

6459

(59.0)

Alcohol consumption

  

    Unclear

2904

(26.5)

    Drank, within the last 30 days

3130

(28.6)

Number of drugs currently being taken

  

    Drank, 30 days ago.

1299

(11.9)

    Not taking any medication

8926

(81.5)

    Never had one.

6522

(59.6)

    1 type

924

(8.4)

Smoking status

  

    2 kinds

609

(5.6)

    Cigarette smoking

1395

(12.7)

    ≥ 3 types

492

(4.5)

    Quit smoking

783

(7.2)

   

    Never smoked

8773

(80.1)