The relationship between health, education, and health literacy: Results from the Dutch Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey
Health literacy has been put forward as a potential mechanism explaining the well-documented relationship between education and health. However, little empirical research has been undertaken to explore this hypothesis. The present study aims to study whether health literacy could be a pathway by which level of education affects health status. Health literacy was measured by the Health Activities and Literacy Scale, using data from a subsample of 5,136 adults between the ages of 25 and 65 years, gathered within the context of the 2007 Dutch Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey. Linear regressi... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
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Schlagwörter: | Soziologie / Anthropologie / Sociology & anthropology / PIAAC (ALL) / Bildungs- und Erziehungssoziologie / Sociology of Education / Gesundheit / Bildung / Kompetenz / Niederlande / Alphabetisierung / Erwachsener / health / education / competence / Netherlands / literacy / adult |
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Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27246124 |
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Link(s) : | https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/90554 |