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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Early occurrence of childhood dental caries among low literate families

 

All (n = 756)

Boy (n = 389)

Girl (n = 367)

P value

Child age (years)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

0.975*

 4

53 (7.0)

27 (50.1)

26 (49.1)

 5

185 (24.5)

95 (51.4)

90 (48.6)

 6

405 (53.6)

209 (51.6)

196 (48.4)

 7

113 (14.9)

58 (51.3)

55 (48.7)

 M (SD)

5.76 (0.78)

5.76 (0.77)

5.76 (0.79)

Mother education (years)

0.650**

 0–12

465 (61.5)

243 (62.4)

220 (60)

 ≥13

291 (38.5)

146 (37.6)

147 (40)

 M (SD)

12.43 (3.56)

12.24 (3.64)

12.63 (3.45)

Mother employment

0.650**

 Housewife

587 (77.6)

307 (78.9)

280 (76.3)

 Employed out of home

149 (19.7)

73 (18.8)

76 (20.7)

 Employed at home

20 (2.6)

9 (2.3)

11 (3)

FAS

0.002**

 Low (≤10)

255 (33.7)

148 (38)

107 (29.2)

 Intermediate (11–13)

336 (44.4)

149 (38.3)

187 (51)

 High (≥14)

165 (21.8)

92 (23.7)

73 (19.9)

 M (SD)

11.39 (2.93)

11.38 (2.95)

11.46 (2.74)

  1. M (SD) mean (standard deviation), FAS family affluence scale
  2. * P value based on Independent Sample T test
  3. ** P value based on Chi square Test