{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Lau NTT"],"funding":["Kent State University","Research Foundation","NICHD NIH HHS","Agence Nationale de la Recherche","Canada Research Chairs Program","James S. McDonnell Foundation","Institute of Education Sciences","Health Research","CAPES","U.S. Department of Education","FWO"],"pagination":["201303"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8924770"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9(3)"],"pubmed_abstract":["During the COVID-19 pandemic, people across the globe have been exposed to large amounts of statistical data. Previous studies have shown that individuals' mathematical understanding of health-related information affects their attitudes and behaviours. Here, we investigate the relation between (i) basic numeracy, (ii) COVID-19 health numeracy, and (iii) COVID-19 health-related attitudes and behaviours. An online survey measuring these three variables was distributed in Canada, the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) (<i>n</i> = 2032). In line with predictions, basic numeracy was positively related to COVID-19 health numeracy. However, predictions, neither basic numeracy nor COVID-19 health numeracy was related to COVID-19 health-related attitudes and behaviours (e.g. follow expe"],"journal":["Royal Society open science"],"pubmed_title":["Numeracy and COVID-19: examining interrelationships between numeracy, health numeracy and behaviour."],"pmcid":["PMC8924770"],"funding_grant_id":["ANR-18-CE28-0003","88881.128282/2016-01","F32 HD102106","HD102106-01","NIH NICHD F32","R305A160295"],"pubmed_authors":["Thompson C","Wilkey ED","Alvarez A","Ollivier F","Van Hoof J","Lagace Cusiac R","Lau NTT","Ribner AD","Soltanlou M","Bahnmueller J","Tremblay P","Bellon E","Goffin C","Ansari D","Coolen I","Peters L","Alves IS"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Numeracy and COVID-19: examining interrelationships between numeracy, health numeracy and behaviour.","description":"During the COVID-19 pandemic, people across the globe have been exposed to large amounts of statistical data. Previous studies have shown that individuals' mathematical understanding of health-related information affects their attitudes and behaviours. Here, we investigate the relation between (i) basic numeracy, (ii) COVID-19 health numeracy, and (iii) COVID-19 health-related attitudes and behaviours. An online survey measuring these three variables was distributed in Canada, the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) (<i>n</i> = 2032). In line with predictions, basic numeracy was positively related to COVID-19 health numeracy. However, predictions, neither basic numeracy nor COVID-19 health numeracy was related to COVID-19 health-related attitudes and behaviours (e.g. follow expe","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Mar","modification":"2026-03-15T20:37:15.271Z","creation":"2025-04-06T19:24:10.045Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8924770","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35308625"],"doi":["10.1098/rsos.201303"]}}