Table 2.

Dental avoidance by sociodemographic and dental service-use characteristics

Variables		Avoidance of dental appointments				Avoidance of dental appointments/Variables
		Yes		No		Pearson Chi Square: p values
		N	%	N	%
Occupational category	farmers	17	17.7	79	82.3	p < 0.001
	manual workers	31	19.9	125	80.1
	technicians	142	16.7	709	83.3
	employees	124	20.2	489	79.8
	shopkeepers	61	24.4	189	75.6
	executives	92	25.6	267	74.4
Urban distribution	countryside	97	21.2	361	78.8	p < 0.001
	city > 100,000 inhabitants	139	17.4	658	82.6
	city < 100,000 inhabitants	188	19.6	771	80.4
	Paris	79	18.5	349	81.5
	overseas territories	29	23.6	94	76.4
Number of dental appointments	more than 50	247	16.2	1 275	83.8	p < 0.001
	20–50	107	22.9	360	77.1
	oct-20	47	35.9	84	64.1
	01-oct	18	30.0	42	70.0
	never	10	29.4	24	70.6