Health literacy and primary health care use of ethnic minorities in the Netherlands

Table 1 Sample characteristics

Characteristics	Total (n = 621)		Indigenous population (n = 532)		Ethnic minorities (n = 89)
	%	n	%	n	%	n
Gender
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)

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