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Self-rated literacy level does not explain educational differences in health and disease

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Title
Self-rated literacy level does not explain educational differences in health and disease
Published in
Archives of Public Health, May 2014
DOI 10.1186/2049-3258-72-14
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Authors

Mirjam P Fransen, Gillian Rowlands, Karlijn EF Leenaars, Marie-Louise Essink-Bot

Abstract

Although literacy is increasingly considered to play a role in socioeconomic inequalities in health, its contribution to the explanation of educational differences in health has remained unexplored. The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of self-rated literacy to educational differences in health.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 5%
Unknown 42 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 8 18%
Student > Bachelor 7 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 16%
Student > Master 5 11%
Student > Postgraduate 2 5%
Other 5 11%
Unknown 10 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 16 36%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 14%
Social Sciences 5 11%
Psychology 2 5%
Mathematics 1 2%
Other 3 7%
Unknown 11 25%