Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the participants (N = 3793)
From: The effect of health literacy on health status among residents in Qingdao, China: a path analysis
N (%) or mean (SD) | |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 49.69 (13.22) |
Gender | |
Male | 1909 (50.3) |
Female | 1884 (49.7) |
Education | |
Primary school and below | 668 (17.6) |
Junior high school | 1371 (36.1) |
High/professional high/technical secondary school | 850 (22.4) |
College/bachelor and above | 904 (23.8) |
Marital status | |
Single | 448 (11.8) |
Married | 3172 (83.6) |
Widowed | 173 (4.6) |
Occupation | |
Office worker | 1237 (32.6) |
Student | 74 (2.0) |
Farmer | 1476 (38.9) |
Worker | 731 (19.3) |
Others | 275 (7.3) |
Annual household income (CNY) | |
< 10,000 | 287 (7.6) |
10,000–30,000 | 694 (18.3) |
30,000–50,000 | 656 (17.3) |
50,000–100,000 | 1295 (34.1) |
> 100,000 | 861 (22.7) |
Health literacy (score) | 45.80 (13.81) |
Self-efficacy (score) | 13.73 (1.31) |
Health behavior (score) | 6.03 (2.04) |
Health status (score) | 85.38 (11.78) |