Table 5.

Relationship between subjects’ characteristics and the differences of clinically and self-reported summarized oral health

Characteristics	Mean Differencea	Chi-square p-value
Age (years)
18–34	−25.25	<.0001
35–49	−24.93
50–64	−25.38
65+	−27.09
Gender
Male	−27.94	<.0001
Female	−23.39
Education
Less than high school	−32.00	<.0001
High school diploma/GED	−27.30
More than high school	−22.43
Race
Hispanic	−28.23	<.0001
White	−23.94
Black	−33.97
Other	−26.31
Marital Status
Married	−24.64	0.0003
Widowed	−27.50
Divorced/separated	−26.06
Never married/living with partner	−27.34
Annual Family Income
$0 to $19,999	−29.07	<.0001
$20,000 to $44,999	−27.34
$45,000 to $74,999	−25.38
$75,000 and higher	−19.80
General Health Condition
Excellent	−24.75	<.0001
Very good	−24.05
Good	−27.56
Fair	−26.76
Poor	−21.39
Times Received Health Care Past Year
None	−29.45	<.0001
1–3	−25.19
4–9	−24.72
≥10	−23.96
Seen Mental Health Professional Past Year
Yes	−21.24	0.0159
No	−25.89
Had Cancer
Yes	−23.93	<.0001
No	−25.71

^aThe differences are defined as summarized clinical oral health index minus self-reported oral health index.