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Table 2 Correlations between SAHL-D, SAHL-D22, NVS-D, vocabulary and prose literacy

From: A short assessment of health literacy (SAHL) in the Netherlands

 

Rec22

Com22

SAHL-D22

Rec

Com

SAHL-D

NVS-D

Voc

Prose

Recognition22

-

        

Comprehension22

0.59

-

       

SAHL-D22

0.88

0.90

-

      

Recognition

0.98

0.58

0.87

-

     

Comprehension

0.64

0.96

0.90

0.63

-

    

SAHL-D

0.87

0.88

0.98

0.87

0.93

-

   

Newest Vital Sign

0.49

0.44

0.52

0.48

0.48

0.53

-

  

Vocabulary

0.50

0.54

0.58

0.53

0.57

0.61

0.30

-

 

Prose literacy

0.55

0.48

0.57

0.53

0.52

0.58

0.49

0.55

 

HLSEU

 

0.25**

0.21**

 

0.27**

0.22**

0.20*

0.20*

0.17*

  1. Rec = recognition; Com = comprehension; NVS-D = Newest Vital Sign, Dutch version; Voc = vocabulary; Prose = prose literacy.
  2. All unmarked correlations: p < .001; **p < .01; *p < .05.
  3. n = 272 for all variables except HLSEU (n = 166).