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Table 1 Demographics of the test group (n = 335) and of the test-retest group (n = 38)

From: Validity and reliability of the swedish versions of the HLS-EU-Q16 and HLS-EU-Q6 questionnaires

Characteristics

Total samplea

Test-retest group

Biological sex, n (%)

  

 Man

164 (49)

15 (40)

 Woman

168 (51)

23 (60)

Age in years

  

 Mean (SD)

48.7 (21.4)

46.0 (26.0)

 Range

19–94

26–89

Highest education level, n (%)

  

 1–6 years

3 (1)

0 (0)

 7–9 years

26 (8)

5 (13)

 10–12 years

156 (47)

4 (11)

 Graduated from university

147 (44)

29 (76)

General self-perceived health, n (%)

  

 Very poor

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Poor

7 (2)

1 (3)

 Fair

38 (11)

2 (5)

 Good

203 (61)

26 (68)

 Very good

87 (26)

9 (24)

Sw-HLS-EU-Q16b, n (%)

  

 Inadequate

21 (6)

3 (8)

 Problematic

75 (22)

4 (11)

 Sufficient

239 (71)

31 (82)

 Mean index score (SD)

13.5 (2.6)

13.9 (2.8)

 Range

5–16

6–16

Sw-HLS-EU-Q6c, n (%)

  

 Inadequate

11 (3)

1 (3)

 Problematic

212 (63)

20 (53)

 Sufficient

112 (33)

17 (45)

 Mean index score (SD)

2.9 (0.5)

3.0 (0.5)

 Range

1.5–4

2–4

Sw-eHEALS d

  

 Mean sum score (SD)

29.5 (5.9)

32.6 (6.1)

 Range

8–40

12–40

  1. aMissing responses (biological sex, n = 3; educational level, n = 3; Sw-eHEALS, n = 21) were not included in the denominator when calculating percentages; bThe Swedish Health Literacy Survey European Questionnaire 16 items; cThe Swedish Health Literacy Survey European Questionnaire 6 items; dThe Swedish eHealth Literacy Scale