Health Insurance Literacy and Low Wage Earners: Why Reading Matters

Autor/inn/en	Feinberg, Iris; Greenberg, Daphne; Tighe, Elizabeth L.; Ogrodnick, Michelle Mavreles
Titel	Health Insurance Literacy and Low Wage Earners: Why Reading Matters
Quelle	In: Adult Literacy Education, 1 (2019) 2, S.4-18 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2642-3669
Schlagwörter	Health Insurance; Literacy; Reading Skills; Educational Attainment; Access to Information; Numeracy; Correlation; School Personnel; Urban Universities; Adults; Internet; Information Literacy; Wages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Krankenversicherung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Rechenkompetenz; Korrelation; Schulpersonal; Informationskompetenz; Wage; Löhne
Abstract	In the United States, worker health care is funded through health insurance plans paid for by employers. Insurance plans are written in complicated language that low wage earners (LWE), who have lower levels of education, may find difficult to understand. We examined the relationship between health insurance literacy (HIL), education, and literacy skills for 75 LWE. Results indicated low to moderate associations between literacies (reading, numeracy, digital), educational attainment and HIL; in a multiple regression analysis, only reading was uniquely significant. LWE with low educational attainment and poor reading skills may need additional support to understand and use their health insurance. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01