. 2023 Apr 3;11:1115978. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1115978

Table 5.

Spearman's correlation coefficients showing the relationships between the prevalence and severity of S-ECC and socioeconomic factors and health behaviours related to the child.

Parameters	d_1,2dmfs
	Total group	Age (months)
	Total group	12–18	18–24	25–30	31–36
Maternal education	−0.285 ^*	−0.203 ^*	−0.293 ^*	−0.358 ^*	−0.340 ^*
Paternal education	−0.289 ^*	−0.254 ^*	−0.323 ^*	−0.374 ^*	−0.260 ^*
Maternal age	−0.138^*	−0.148	−0.238^*	−0.046	−0.171
Paternal age	−0.144^*	−0.191	−0.154	−0.152	−0.149
Self-assessed economic status	−0.177^*	0.023	−0.217^*	−0.123	−0.128
Current maternal smoking	0.212 ^*	0.114	0.282 ^*	0.299 ^*	0.090
Maternal smoking in pregnancy	0.188^*	0.077	0.090	0.448^*	−0.060
Exclusive bottle feeding (the child has never been breastfed)	0.164^*	0.266^*	0.213^*	0.205^*	0.094
Number of meals consumed by the child per day	0.263 ^*	0.079	0.161	0.378 ^*	0.369 ^*
Avoiding springy foods	0.106^*	0.064	0.236^*	0.170	−0.034
Age of toothbrushing initiation	0.148^*	0.071	0.086	0.203^*	0.127

Statistical significance level p < 0.05.