Epidemiology Research International

Research Article

Identifying At-Risk Subpopulations of Canadians with Limited Health Literacy

Table 2

Identified subpopulations and predictor variables by the risks of limited health literacy.


Subpopulations	% Limited HL (n)	Age	Household income	Read books	Adult education	Read newspaper	College education	Employed	Immigrants	Born in Canada

1	81.8% (817)	≥56	≤$50,000	No	No	No	—	—	—	—
2	64.9% (1,775)	≥56	≤$50,000	No	No	Yes	—	—	—	—
3	63.5% (365)	≤55	—	No	No	—	No	Yes	Yes	—
4	58.7% (1,160)	≤55	—	No	No	—	No	No	—	—
5	52.3% (779)	≥66	≤$50,000	Yes	No	—	—	—	—	—
6	37.7% (245)	≥56	≥$50,000	—	—	—	No	—	—	—
7	36.5% (679)	≤55	—	No	No	—	No	Yes	No	—
8	35.1% (262)	≥56	≤$50,000	No	Yes	—	—	—	—	—
9	34.0% (586)	56–65	≤$50,000	Yes	No	—	—	—	—	—
10	33.5% (477)	≥56	≤$50,000	Yes	Yes	—	—	—	—	—
11	26.3% (864)	≤55	—	—	No	—	Yes	—	—	No
12	25.4% (1,501)	≤55	—	—	No	—	Yes	—	—	—
13	16.6% (692)	≥56	≥$50,000	—	—	—	Yes	—	—	—
14	13.9% (9,622)	≤55	—	—	Yes	—	—	—	—	—
15	12.0% (197)	≤55	—	—	No	—	Yes	—	—	Yes

Note: see Figures 1(a) and 1(b) for simple logistic regression results for terminal nodes (i.e., identified sub-populations).
HL: health literacy.