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Table 3 Cognitive testing to amend Newest Vital Sign (NVS) UK: Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

From: Development and validation of a measure of health literacy in the UK: the newest vital sign

  

n

Sample %

Lambeth %

England %

Gender1

Male

44

55.0

52.3

49.6

Age1

18-24

11

13.8

12.3

13.2

 

25-34

19

23.8

35.0

18.1

 

35-44

17

21.3

24.2

20.5

 

45-54

13

16.3

14.2

18.8

 

55-64

11

13.8

8.3

16.6

 

65-75

9

11.3

6.0

12.8

Social grade2

ABC

42

52.5

71.9

67.6

 

DE

38

47.5

28.1

32.4

BEM3

 

51

63.8

40.0

14.5

Sample

 

80

100

  
  1. 1 Based on Office of National; Statistics (ONS) 2009 midyear estimates [28].
  2. 2 National Readership Society grades: Based on 2001 Census data (Adults aged 18–74) [29].
  3. 3 Black and Ethnic Minority: Based on ONS 2007 midyear estimates [27].