Table 2.
Distribution of Caregiver-reported Oral Health Status by Infant/Child Characteristics among the COHL Study Caregiver-Child Dyads (n = 1158)
| Infant Oral Health Status–n (row %) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infant/Child Characteristics | n | % | Poor/Fair/Good | Very Good | Excellent |
| Age (in mos) | |||||
| 1–5 | 323 | 27.9 | |||
| 6–23 | 423 | 36.6 | 37 (10.5) | 82 (23.2) | 234 (66.3) |
| 24–59 | 410 | 35.5 | 86 (21.0) | 111 (27.1) | 213 (51.9) |
| Missing | 2 | ||||
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 588 | 50.8 | 63 (15.5) | 103 (25.3) | 241 (59.2) |
| Male | 570 | 49.2 | 61 (16.5) | 93 (25.2) | 215 (58.3) |
| Dentate | |||||
| Yes | 779 | 67.3 | 124 (16.0) | 196 (25.3) | 456 (58.8) |
| No | 379 | 32.7 | |||
| Birth order | |||||
| Only child | 270 | 28.4 | 15 (10.1) | 32 (21.6) | 101 (68.2) |
| First born | 160 | 16.8 | 39 (24.8) | 44 (28.0) | 74 (47.1) |
| Middle | 108 | 11.4 | 23 (21.7) | 29 (27.4) | 54 (50.9) |
| Last | 413 | 43.4 | 30 (12.6) | 57 (23.9) | 151 (63.5) |
| Missing | 207 | ||||
COHL = Carolina Oral Health Literacy.
n = number of subjects in stratum.