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Table 2 Univariate analysis of variance of the relationship between demographic characteristics and health literacy scores: multiple comparisons (post hoc tests)

From: Self-reported functional, communicative, and critical health literacy on foodborne diseases in Accra, Ghana

Functional health literacy

Critical health literacy

(I) Educational level

(J) Educational level

Mean difference (I-J)

P value

(I) Marital status

(J) Marital status

Mean difference (I-J)

P value

No education

Primary

− 0.0601

1.000

Single

Consensual union

1.8102

0.032

Junior high

0.7186

0.472

 

Divorced

0.1546

0.999

Senior high

1.6763

0.001

 

Separated

0.3221

0.992

Tertiary

1.7378

0.022

 

Married

0.1534

0.993

Primary

No education

0.0601

1.000

Consensual union

Single

− 1.8102

0.032

Junior high

0.7788

0.271

 

Divorced

− 1.6555

0.244

Senior high

1.7364

0.000

 

Separated

− 1.4881

0.463

Tertiary

1.798

0.008

 

Married

−1.6568

0.068

Junior high

No education

− 0.7186

0.472

Divorced

Single

− 0.1546

0.999

Primary

− 0.7788

0.271

 

Consensual union

1.6555

0.244

Senior high

0.9577

0.006

 

Separated

0.1674

1.000

Tertiary

1.0192

0.201

 

Married

− 0.0013

1.000

Senior high

No education

− 1.6763

0.001

Separated

Single

− 0.3221

0.992

Primary

− 1.7364

0.000

 

Consensual union

1.4881

0.463

Junior high

− 0.9577

0.006

 

Divorced

− 0.1674

1.000

Tertiary

0.0615

1.000

 

Married

− 0.1687

0.999

Tertiary

No education

− 1.7378

0.022

Married

Single

− 0.1534

0.993

Primary

− 1.798

0.008

 

Consensual union

1.6568

0.068

Junior high

− 1.0192

0.201

 

Divorced

0.0013

1.000

Senior high

− 0.0615

1.000

 

Separated

0.1687

0.999

  1. Other independent variables controlled for include sex, age, and religious affiliation