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Table 2 Distribution of participants’ sociodemographic factors

From: Developing the HLS19-YP12 for measuring health literacy in young people: a latent trait analysis using Rasch modelling and confirmatory factor analysis

Characteristic

n (%), n = 890a

n (%), n = 419b

Age

 16-20yo

436 (49.0)

230 (54.9)

 21-25yo

454 (51.0)

189 (45.1)

Gender

 Male

459 (51.6)

209 (49.9)

Education

 Below and equal to upper secondary school

684 (76.9)

324 (77.3)

 Above upper secondary school

201 (22.6)

93 (22.2)

 Missing

5 (0.6)

2 (0.5)

Economic deprivation

 Yes

90 (10.1)

43 (10.3)

 No

704 (79.1)

334 (79.7)

 Missing

96 (10.8)

42 (10.0)

Social status

 1–5

245 (27.5)

117 (27.9)

 6–10

591 (66.4)

273 (65.2)

 Missing

54 (6.1)

29 (6.9)

Long-term illness

 Yes

204 (22.9)

99 (23.6)

 No

682 (76.6)

318 (75.9)

 Missing

4 (0.4)

2 (0.5)

Health status

 Mostly healthy

777 (87.3)

370 (88.3)

 Increased risk or having chronic health problem

106 (11.9)

47 (11.2)

 Missing

7 (0.8)

2 (0.5)

  1. a Applicable to only HLS19-Q12, and HLS19-Q12-NO
  2. bApplicable to HLS19-YP12, HLS19-Q12, HLS19-SF12, HLS19-Q12-NO, HLS19-Q47