Table 5 Age and gender differences in the health literacy scores
From: The 14-item health literacy scale for Japanese adults (HLS-14)
30–39 years | 40–49 years | 50–59 years | 60–69 years | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men | Women | p | Men | Women | p | Men | Women | p | Men | Women | p | |
Total health literacy score | ||||||||||||
Mean | 49.9 | 53.5 | *** | 50.4 | 52.7 | *** | 48.9 | 50.6 | ** | 48.8 | 51.3 | ** |
SD | 7.0 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.1 | ||||
Functional health literacy score | ||||||||||||
Mean | 19.3 | 20.5 | ** | 19.1 | 19.8 | * | 18.4 | 18.6 | 19.1 | 19.4 | ||
SD | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||||
Communicative health literacy score | ||||||||||||
Mean | 17.2 | 18.6 | * | 17.9 | 18.7 | * | 17.5 | 18.2 | * | 17.1 | 18.3 | ** |
SD | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||||
Critical health literacy score | ||||||||||||
Mean | 13.4 | 14.5 | ** | 13.4 | 14.2 | ** | 13.0 | 13.7 | ** | 12.6 | 13.6 | ** |
SD | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||||