Influence of health literacy on health outcomes of different social strata—— an empirical study based on the data of China's health literacy investigation

Table 4 Differences in health outcomes between population with lower and higher health literacy in stratified samples

Socioeconomic status	Health literacy	Chronic diseases		Good self-rated health status
Socioeconomic status	Health literacy	%	\(\chi\)²	%	\(\chi\)²
Low	Lower	36.6	28.238^**	64.3	8.285^**
Low	Higher	22.5	28.238^**	72	8.285^**
Middle	Lower	22.4	31.098^**	71.3	11.409^**
Middle	Higher	10.2	31.098^**	79.9	11.409^**
High	Lower	9.2	0.439	77	0.946
High	Higher	7.1	0.439	81.7	0.946

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