Association between echinococcosis-specific health literacy and behavioural intention to prevent echinococcosis among herdsmen on the Tibet Plateau in China: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Correlation among demographic variables, ES-HL and BIPE

Characteristic	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1. Sex	–
2. Age	−0.102*	–
3. Degree of education	0.064	−0.383***	–
4. Marital status	0.126*	−0.357***	0.384***	–
5. Family monthly income per capita	−0.004	− 0.013	0.159**	− 0.017	–
6. Perceived echinococcosis information support	−0.09	−0.141**	0.053	0.015	−0.031	–
7. Information acquisition and evaluation ability	−0.023	−0.243***	0.269***	0.044	0.081	0.527**	–
8. Echinococcosis-specific self-management ability	−0.131**	0.064	−0.032	−0.065	− 0.04	0.646**	0.371***	–
9. BIPE	−0.137**	0.042	−0.026	−0.092	− 0.127*	0.439***	0.283**	0.454**	–

Table legend: Table 4 summarizes the correlation among the demographic variables (sex, age, education level, marital status, family monthly income per capita), three factors of ES-HL and BIPE. Demographic variables were all categorical variables, which were set as dummy variables for correlation analysis. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01,*** P < 0.001

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