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Table 6 Demographic and health status/Behavior characteristics and quartile scores on REALD-30 word comprehension

From: A pilot study to assess oral health literacy by comparing a word recognition and comprehension tool

Demographics

1-13

14-15

16-19

20-30

Age

    

 50-55

32.4

32.4

17.6

17.6

 56-60

32.4

21.6

27.0

18.9

 61-69

16.7

14.6

31.3

37.5

 70+

45.2

16.1

22.6

16.1

Gender**

    

 Male

41.3

24.0

21.3

13.3

 Female

18.7

17.3

29.3

34.7

Education***

    

 ≤HS

67.5

17.5

12.5

2.5

 Some college

23.3

20.0

28.3

28.3

 College +

8.0

24.0

32.0

36.0

Race*

    

 White

25.2

18.3

28.7

27.8

 Non-White

45.7

28.6

14.3

11.4

Marital status

    

 Married

23.4

18.8

32.8

25.0

 Not Married

34.9

22.1

19.8

23.3

Income (n = 137)

    

 <$10,000

40.0

26.7

16.7

16.7

 $10-19,999

45.5

18.2

18.2

18.2

 $20-$50,000

18.2

15.2

30.3

36.4

 ≥$50,000

19.5

19.5

39.0

22.0

Health status/health behaviors

 

Overall health

    

 Excellent/Very Good

25.4

17.5

28.6

28.6

 Good

30.4

23.2

19.6

26.8

 Fair/Poor

38.7

22.6

29.0

9.7

Oral health rating

    

 Excel/VG

25.0

16.7

30.6

27.8

 Good

26.9

19.2

32.7

21.2

 Fair/Poor

35.5

24.2

16.1

24.2

Last dental visit

    

 ≤6 months

29.2

21.7

24.5

24.5

 >6 months

31.8

18.2

27.3

22.7

Tooth brushing*

    

 ≤Once/day

46.7

17.8

15.6

20.0

 ≥Twice/day

22.9

21.9

29.5

25.7

Floss

    

 <Once/day

35.2

19.7

50.0

18.3

 ≥Once/ day

19.1

23.5

27.9

29.4

Have dent insurance

    

 Yes

28.9

20.5

28.9

21.7

 No

31.3

20.9

20.9

26.9

Literacy measure

    

Total score – Quartiles***

    

0, 1, 2, 3, 4

58.3

29.2

10.4

2.1

5

34.4

28.1

15.6

21.9

6

11.9

19.0

40.5

28.6

7

2.2

0

39.3

57.1

  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.