Table 2 Participant characteristics by health literacy

gender

11.686^***

 male

603 (51.80)

84 (13.93)

 female

561 (48.20)

121 (21.57)

Age (years)

135.154^***

 15~29

248 (21.31)

84 (33.87)

 30~44

256 (21.99)

78 (30.47)

 44~59

426 (36.60)

38 (8.92)

 60~69

151 (12.97)

3 (1.99)

 70~79

83 (7.13)

2 (2.41)

BMI

3.215

 emaciation

100 (8.59)

16 (16.00)

 normal

703 (60.40)

135 (19.20)

 overweight

292 (25.09)

43 (14.73)

 obesity

69 (5.93)

11 (15.94)

Marital status

32.555^***

 unmarried

197 (16.92)

58 (29.44)

 married

923 (79.30)

144 (15.60)

 divorced and widowed

44 (3.78)

3 (6.82)

Residences (km)

10.844^*

  < 1

604 (51.89)

97 (16.06)

  ≤ 3

376 (32.30)

85 (22.61)

  ≤ 5

117 (10.05)

14 (11.97)

  > 5

67 (5.76)

9 (13.43)

Income (RMB/month)

35.646^***

  < 1000

333 (28.61)

27 (8.11)

  < 3000 h

601 (51.63)

119 (19.80)

  < 5000

171 (14.69)

48 (28.07)

  ≥ 5000

59 (5.07)

11 (18.64)

Occupation

284.675^***

 unemployed

166 (14.26)

27 (16.27)

 farmer or worker

594 (51.03)

37 (6.23)

 businessman and freelancer

160 (13.74)

21 (13.12)

 enterprise staff

34 (2.92)

8 (23.53)

 institution or government staff

210 (18.04)

125 (51.23)

Education

342.265^***

 Primary school or below

361 (31.01)

5 (1.39)

 Junior high school

433 (37.20)

54 (12.47)

 Senior high school

179 (15.38)

46 (25.70)

 associate bachelor or above

191 (16.41)

100 (52.36)

Total

1164 (100.00)

205 (17.61)

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