Social determinants and behavioural factors influencing toothbrushing frequency among primary school children in rural Australian community of Lithgow, New South Wales

Table 3 Population benchmark comparison of demographic characteristics of Lithgow from ABS census 2011 report

Socio-demographic characteristics	Survey estimate (observed percentages) % of children (95% CI)	Observed p-value	2011 census report (expected percentages) % of children
Country of birth of household^a		< 0.001*
Overseas	12.02 (9.60–14.42)		16.45
Australia	87.9 (85.36–90.19)		83.55
Indigenous status of household^b		< 0.001*
Indigenous	4.42 (2.90–5.94)		5.57
Non-indigenous	95.58 (94.06–97.10)		94.43
Highest education level in the household^c		0.268
University or college degree	28.86 (25.50–32.21)		26.83
High school or vocational training	71.14 (67.79–74.50)		73.17

* Statistically significant at 5% level
^aChildren were classified to the overseas born category if they had at least one parent who was born overseas
^bChildren were classified to the Indigenous category if they had at least one parent who was Indigenous
^cChildren were classified to the University or College degree category if they had at least one parent who had a university or college degree

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