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Table 3 Social and demographic characteristics of participants and scores of CPHLQa

From: Development and validation of a Chinese parental health literacy questionnaire for caregivers of children 0 to 3 years old

 

N = 807

CPHLQ score (total = 100)

F (P) or t (P)

n (%)

Mean (SD)

Relationship to the child

 Mother

551 (68.3)

74.5 (10.98)

27.901(<0.001)

 Father

178 (22.1)

69.2 (15.1)

 

 Grandparents and others

78 (9.6)

68.5 (13.4)

 

Caregiver’s education

 Junior school and below

126 (15.6)

64.8 (12.5)

155.903(<0.001)

 High school

157 (19.5)

67.1 (12.8)

 

 College

176 (21.8)

74.4 (11.6)

 

 University or higher

348 (43.1)

77.4 (10.2)

 

Child’s age (years)

 ≤ 1

522 (64.7)

72.5 (12.6)

0.417 (0.659)

 1~2

191 (23.7)

72.8 (12.4)

 

 2~3

94 (11.6)

73.8 (12.2)

 

Child’s gender

 Female

387 (48.0)

73.2 (12.8)

0.870 (0.384)

 Male

420 (52.0)

72.4 (12.2)

 

Child’s Hukou

 Shanghai

541 (67.0)

75.0 (11.7)

7.362(<0.001)

 Other provinces

267 (33.0)

68.3 (12.5)

 

Only-child or not

 Yes

569 (70.5)

73.6 (11.8)

2.882 (0.004)

 No

238 (29.5)

70.7 (13.8)

 

Family monthly income per capita (in RMB)

 <4500

179 (22.1)

69.7 (14.4)

27.154(<0.001)

 4500~7500

220 (27.3)

73.1 (12.6)

 

 7500~12,500

183 (22.7)

75.1 (10.1)

 

 ≥ 12,500

156 (19.3)

75.1 (10.8)

 

 I don’t know

69 (8.6)

68.2 (13.9)

 
  1. a CPHLQ Chinese Parental Health Literacy Questionnaire