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Table 6 Differences in HLSFC by participants’ characteristics (n = 443)

From: Development and psychometric validation of a novel health literacy scale for family caregivers of preschool children

Item

 

Total score of HLSFC

F/t

P

Caregiver’s education

Junior school and below

131.38 ± 19.04

9.127

 < 0.001

 

High school/Vocational School

134.04 ± 18.38

 

Junior college/undergraduate

140.37 ± 18.44

Caregiver’s occupation

Staff of state organs, enterprises and institutions

143.91 ± 16.44

12.453

 < 0.001

 

Worker or Service employee

129.37 ± 18.63

 

Self-employed individual

139.91 ± 16.90

 

Peasantry

128.25 ± 18.19

 

Retired or unemployed

119.58 ± 21.76

 

Others

136.84 ± 18.50

Residence

Urban

138.37 ± 19.64

8.970

0.003

 

Rural

132.81 ± 18.37

Monthly household income per person (yuan)

 ≥ 5000

146.10 ± 14.12

7.062

 < 0.001

 

3000–4999

134.86 ± 18.92

 

1000–2999

133.29 ± 19.30

 

 < 1000

131.73 ± 19.02

Caregivers’ reports of children’s health status

Very good

138.92 ± 17.92

6.177

 < 0.001

 

Good

135.08 ± 18.81

 

Fair

129.74 ± 18.96

 

Poor

115.00 ± 37.32