Digitalization has significantly transformed healthcare systems and access to health-related information over the past decades. In this context, digital health literacy has become a crucial skill that enables individuals to effectively search for, understand, and use online health information to support their own health. This master's thesis focuses on examining the influence of selected sociodemographic factors on the level of digital health literacy among the adult population in Slovenia, with an emphasis on interaction effects. The analyses in this thesis were conducted based on the Slovenian Health Literacy Survey (ZaPiS) data. The results showed that education has the greatest impact on the level of digital health literacy, followed by age, social status, and employment status. Gender was found to be a statistically significant factor only in one dimension of digital health literacy. The analysis revealed four statistically significant interactions between: 1) age and education; 2) age and gender; 3) education and employment status and 4) social status and employment status. The highest levels of digital health literacy were observed among younger individuals with higher education; employed individuals with higher education; employed individuals with higher social status and younger women. The lowest levels were found among older individuals with lower education; older women; unemployed individuals with lower education and employed individuals with lower social status.
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