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Table 2 Bivariate analysis of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in the initial and final sample of adults, participants and non-participants, residing in Piracicaba, SP, Brazil, 2011–2015

From: Prospective cohort of adult oral health in Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

Characteristicsa

2011

2015

p-value*****

Sample

Non-participant

Participant

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Demographic

 Sex

  Male

69 (27.8)

29 (27.6)

40 (28.0)

0.534

  Female

179 (72.2)

76 (72.4)

103 (72.0)

 

 Ageb

  Age range 1

138 (55.6)

68 (64.8)

70 (49.0)

0.013

  Age range 2

110 (44.4)

37 (35.2)

73 (51.0)

 

 Race

  White

198 (79.8)

76 (72.4)

122 (85.3)

0.012

  Not white

50 (20.2)

29 (27.6)

21 (14.7)

 

 Marital status

  Stable union

174 (70.2)

62 (59.0)

112 (78.3)

0.001

  No stable union

74 (29.8)

43 (40.1)

31 (21.7)

 

Socioeconomic

 Household incomec

  ≤ 1 minimum wage

39 (15.7)

16 (15.2)

23 (16.1)

 

  1–2 minimum wages

161 (64.9)

70 (66.7)

91 (63.6)

0.920

  ≥ 2 minimum wages

42 (17.0)

17 (16.2)

25 (17.5)

 

  Not informed

06 (2.4)

02 (1.9)

04 (2.8)

 

 Education level

  ≤ 4 years

43 (17.4)

13 (12.4)

30 (21.0)

0.200

  5–10 years

69 (27.8)

32 (30.5)

37 (25.9)

 

  ≥ 11 years

136 (54.8)

60 (57.1)

76 (53.1)

 

 Socioeconomic classd

  Low

38 (15.3)

15 (14.3)

23 (16.1)

0.909

  Middle

167 (67.4)

71 (67.6)

96 (67.1)

 

  High

43 (17.3)

19 (18.1)

24 (16.8)

 
  1. Italic values indicate significance of p value (p < 0.05)
  2. *****Qui-square (p < 0.05)
  3. aConsidering baseline age (2011)
  4. bAge range 1 (20–44 years old) and age range 2 (45–64 years old) in 2011
  5. cMinimum wage = R$545,00 (2011)
  6. dSocioeconomic classification was performed according to Graciano et al. [19], using a score based on schooling, family income, occupation, type of residence and number of residents in the household, and results in six social classes, in the present study, were grouped into three categories: low, middle and high