From: Health literacy and primary health care use of ethnic minorities in the Netherlands
Characteristics | Total (n = 621) | Indigenous population (n = 532) | Ethnic minorities (n = 89) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | % | n | % | n | % | n |
Gender | Â | |||||
 Male | 48.5 | 301 | 48.9 | 260 | 46.1 | 41 |
 Female | 51.5 | 320 | 51.1 | 272 | 53.9 | 48 |
Ethnicity | ||||||
 Turkish |  |  |  |  | 18.0 | 16 |
 Moroccan |  |  |  |  | 13.5 | 12 |
 Surinamese |  |  |  |  | 31.5 | 28 |
 Netherlands Antillean |  |  |  |  | 11.3 | 10 |
 Other non-western countries |  |  |  |  | 25.9 | 26 |
Education | ||||||
 Low | 17.8 | 109 | 18.6 | 99 | 12.2 | 10 |
 Middle | 49.0 | 301 | 49.3 | 261 | 47.6 | 39 |
 High | 33.2 | 204 | 32.1 | 171 | 40.2 | 33 |
 | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||
Age | 60.64 (16.62) | 62.50 (16.04) | 49.50 (15.77) | |||
GP visits | 2.33 (2.76) | 2.35 (2.84) | 2.21 (2.23) | |||
Health Literacy Scores | ||||||
 Domain 1 - Provider support | 2.85 (0.46) | 2.86 (0.44) | 2.77 (0.59) | |||
 Domain 2 - Sufficient information | 2.85 (0.40) | 2.86 (0.39) | 2.80 (0.49) | |||
 Domain 3 - Managing health | 2.79 (0.43) | 2.80 (0.42) | 2.77 (0.49) | |||
 Domain 4 - Social support | 2.81 (0.46) | 2.82 (0.45) | 2.71 (0.56) | |||
 Domain 5 – Critical appraisal | 2.61 (0.47) | 2.60 (0.46) | 2.65 (0.55) | |||
 Domain 6 – Active engagement | 3.79 (0.61) | 3.81 (0.59) | 3.67 (0.73) | |||
 Domain 7 – Navigation | 3.68 (0.58) | 3.71 (0.55) | 3.52 (0.72) | |||
 Domain 8 – Finding information | 3.79 (0.59) | 3.81 (0.57) | 3.69 (0.73) | |||
 Domain 9 – Read and understand | 3.87 (0.56) | 3.88 (0.54) | 3.80 (0.70) |