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Table 1 Sample characteristics (weighted data)

From: Health literacy and the role of social support in different age groups: results of a German cross-sectional survey

 

n

%

 

n

%

Total

2,151

100

Gender

  

Age

male

1,056

49.1

mean (SD), min-max

50.8 (18.5)

18–92

female

1,089

50.6

18–29 years

362

16.8

Missing

6

0.3

30–45 years

493

22.9

Educational level

  

46–64 years

683

31.8

low (1)

238

11.1

65–75 years

338

15.8

medium (2–3)

1,263

58.7

76 years and older

252

11.7

high (4–6)

607

28.2

missing

19

0.9

missing

44

2.1

Social support

Health-related literacy skills

  

mean (SD), min-max

10.7 (1.96)

3–14

mean (SD), min-max

4.40 (1.64)

0–6

poor (3–8)

301

14.0

missing

102

4.5

moderate (9–11)

998

46.4

Subjective social status

  

strong (12–14)

756

35.2

mean (SD), min-max

5.87 (1.58)

1–10

missing

95

4.4

missing

60

2.8

 

Financial deprivation

  

no

1,583

73.6

yes

360

16.7

missing

208

9.7

  1. Measurement: Social support measured by “Oslo 3 Social Support Scale”; educational level categorised following the “International Standard Classification of Education 2011” (ISCED-11); health-related literacy skills measured by “Newest Vital Sign” test; subjective social status measured by “MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status”; financial deprivation measured by perceived difficulties in paying for medications, medical treatments, and monthly bills (yes: 2 or all 3 questions answered with “(very) difficult”, no: 0 or 1)