Table 2 Demographic profile of the participants [33]^a

 Year 10 or equivalent

1

 Year 12 or equivalent

2

 Certificate 1–4 level^b

4

 Diploma^c

2

 Bachelor’s degree or postgraduate studies

16

 Full time home duties

3

 On maternity leave from paid work

11

 Part time employment

7

 Full time employment

4

 Low household income (AUD $475–793 per week)

4

 Medium household income (AUD $793–1814 per week)

9

 Higher income (> AUD $1815 per week)

11

 Prefer not to answer

1

 Married or de facto relationship

24

 Single

1

 Australia

14

 New Zealand or the United Kingdom

8

 South Africa, the Netherlands, Colombia

1 each

 Women who identified as being from non-English speaking backgrounds

4

 Women who identified as being from English speaking backgrounds

21

 Extremely (adequate health literacy)

16

 Quite a bit (adequate health literacy)

6

 Somewhat (at risk of limited health literacy)

2

 Adequate functional health literacy (score ≥ 4 correct items out of 6)

23

 Limited functional health literacy (score 3/6)

1