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Table 2 Factor Loadings – Nine-factor Model of the HLQ

From: Measuring health literacy in community agencies: a Bayesian study of the factor structure and measurement invariance of the health literacy questionnaire (HLQ)

Item	1. Understood	2. Sufficient information	3. Active management	4. Social support	5. Appraisal	6. Active engagement	7. Navigate	8. Good information	9. Understand information
P1Q2	0.83
P1Q8	0.93
P1Q17	0.53	0.17							−0.10
P1Q22	0.86
P1Q1		0.39
P1Q10		0.65
P1Q14		0.92
P1Q23		0.88
P1Q6			0.72
P1Q9			0.78
P1Q13			0.92
P1Q18			0.81
P1Q21			0.96
P1Q3	0.18			0.55
P1Q5				0.68
P1Q11				0.93
P1Q15				0.70
P1Q19				1.02
P1Q4					0.76
P1Q7					0.78
P1Q12					0.86
P1Q16		0.19			0.47	0.09	0.09	0.09
P1Q20	0.15				0.48
P2Q2						0.71
P2Q4						0.78
P2Q7						0.75
P2Q15						0.77
P2Q20						0.83
P2Q1							0.68
P2Q8							0.88		−0.13
P2Q11							0.89
P2Q13							0.78
P2Q16							0.57
P2Q19	−0.16						0.62
P2Q3								0.86
P2Q6					0.14			0.84
P2Q10								0.92
P2Q14						0.22		0.40	0.29
P2Q18	−0.16						0.22	0.41	0.20
P2Q5						0.14		0.14	0.63
P2Q9						0.15	0.17	0.15	0.22
P2Q12							0.08		0.83
P2Q17									0.76
P2Q21						0.25		0.25	0.36

Note: all statistically significant (pr. <0.05) factor loadings shown
Model Fit: Posterior Predictive P-Value = 0.514; 95 % Confidence Interval for the Difference between Observed and Replicated Chi-Square Values = −131.838–128.768

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