Abstract:Objective To understand the current status of death literacy among secondary vocational students, and analyze its influencing factors, providing a reference for school administrators to formulate intervention measures aimed at enhancing the level of death literacy of secondary vocational students.Methods Convenience sampling was used to investigate 712 secondary vocational students in a technical school in Guangzhou, utilizing a general information questionnaire, Death Literacy Index and a Chinese Meaning of Life Questionnaire.Results The score of students" death literacy in secondary vocational schools was 5.63±2.22 points. The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that gender, whether the major is medical-related, living situation, and sense of meaning in life are influencing factors of life and death literacy among secondary vocational schools (P<0.01).Conclusion The death literacy of secondary vocational students is at a medium level. School leaders can provide targeted death education for students of different genders, various majors, and those who live with non-parents, and can enhance the death literacy of secondary vocational students by helping them find the meaning in life.