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Table 3 Participant characteristics and population-weighted difficulty level by socio-economic characteristics, Central Denmark Region 2013

From: National indicators of health literacy: ability to understand health information and to engage actively with healthcare providers - a population-based survey among Danish adults

 

Distribution in sample

Population-weighted1proportion of population reporting difficult or very difficult across items2

   

Understanding2

Engagement2

 

Total (n= 29,473)

1a

2a

3a

4a

5a

1b

2b

3b

4b

5b

Characteristics

N

%

Weighted1%

(%)

Sex

             

Female

15,459

52.5

50.6

17.4

14.6

12.6

18.3

9.1

21.0

17.0

19.2

19.4

16.2

Male

14,014

47.5

49.4

14.7

14.4

13.0

22.2

8.5

15.6

12.0

13.9

17.3

14.3

Missing

0

0.0

0.0

          

Age

             

25-44 years

8,102

27.5

36.6

12.8

14.7

10.2

17.3

8.2

19.6

16.1

18.6

19.2

15.2

45-64 years

12,701

43.1

38.6

15.5

15.5

11.8

20.4

8.5

18.3

14.5

17.2

18.1

15.3

65-84 years

8,046

27.3

22.4

20.7

11.8

17.6

23.4

9.4

15.4

11.1

11.5

16.3

14.6

= > 85 years

624

2.1

2.4

41.9

19.3

32.9

36.9

19.8

24.1

20.6

21.3

29.1

25.7

Missing

0

0.0

0.0

          

Origin

             

Danish

28,400

96.4

93.6

15.6

14.2

11.9

19.7

8.2

17.7

13.9

16.2

17.8

14.6

Immigrant

1,073

3.6

6.4

22.6

19.2

26.1

27.2

17.3

27.8

23.5

23.0

26.5

25.2

Missing

0

0.0

0.0

          

Mother tongue

             

Danish

27,565

93.5

90.3

15.4

14.0

11.8

19.6

8.1

17.4

13.7

16.0

17.7

14.5

Other language

1,441

4.9

8.0

22.1

18.5

24.0

26.6

14.9

26.8

22.0

21.6

24.6

23.3

Missing

467

1.6

1.8

          

Cohabitation

             

Living with others

23,755

80.6

75.9

14.2

13.7

11.4

19.2

8.0

17.1

13.6

16.2

17.3

14.2

Living alone

5,078

17.2

21.9

22.6

17.6

17.9

23.7

11.7

22.6

17.9

18.2

22.1

19.1

Missing

640

2.2

2.2

          

Education level

             

Low

5,507

18.7

18.0

33.9

20.9

28.6

31.9

17.7

25.2

20.9

20.3

26.9

23.4

Medium

14,718

49.9

48.4

14.6

14.7

11.7

20.8

8.0

18.0

13.8

16.2

17.8

14.8

High

8,319

28.2

30.2

7.5

10.3

4.6

12.0

4.4

14.4

11.4

15.1

14.2

10.9

Missing

929

3.2

3.5

          

Income (DKK) 3

             

0-149,000

6,302

21.4

22.2

24.5

17.7

21.7

26.8

14.2

23.8

19.8

19.3

23.4

21.2

150,000 -374,000

14,417

48.9

48.4

15.6

14.4

11.7

19.4

8.0

18.9

14.4

17.1

18.6

15.0

375,000-699,000

6,132

20.8

20.4

7.6

11.8

5.6

15.5

4.9

11.8

9.3

13.3

13.0

10.3

>700,000

1,054

3.6

3.6

4.6

11.7

3.6

12.8

3.7

10.2

8.0

12.3

9.8

7.9

Missing

1,568

5.3

5.4

          

GP visit last year 4

             

Yes

22,360

75.9

74.8

17.1

15.5

13.5

20.9

9.1

20.0

15.1

17.0

19.1

15.9

No

6,663

22.6

23.6

12.5

11.5

10.6

17.9

7.7

12.7

12.5

15.3

16.1

13.4

Missing

450

1.5

1.6

          
  1. 1The sample is weighted based on register data to represent the population of the Central Denmark Region 2013.
  2. 2See Table 1 for description of items and scales.
  3. 3Personal annual gross income. Exchange rate: 7.46 DKK/1 €.
  4. 4At least one visit to the general practitioner within the last year.