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. 2012 Jul;91(7 Suppl):S91–S97. doi: 10.1177/0022034512447953

Table 1.

Summary Statistics – Population Proportions of Persons Who Have Ever Visited the Dentist Regularly, Number of Books per Household during Childhood, and Educational Attainment (ISCED levels)

Number of Books in Household during Childhood
Highest Educational Attainment (ISCED levels)
Ever Visited the Dentist Regularly 0-10 11-100 ➣100 level 0-1 level 2-3 level 4-6
>Austria 74.8% 45.8% 46.4% 7.8% 19.6% 57.6% 22.8%
Germany 80.2% 31.2% 53.8% 15.0% 0.8% 71.4% 27.8%
Sweden 95.4% 20.0% 56.2% 23.8% 34.8% 35.4% 29.8%
Netherlands 85.0% 31.1% 53.6% 15.3% 16.1% 62.2% 21.7%
Spain 43.1% 63.6% 30.0% 6.4% 64.1% 28.0% 7.4%
Italy 47.4% 75.2% 21.2% 3.6% 53.2% 38.2% 8.6%
France 71.0% 45.8% 40.9% 13.3% 42.9% 37.8% 19.3%
Denmark 90.4% 21.6% 52.1% 26.3% 15.9% 48.6% 35.5%
Greece 41.7% 63.3% 34.8% 1.9% 48.9% 32.6% 18.5%
Switzerland 81.0% 30.2% 48.8% 21.0% 15.8% 55.3% 28.9%
Belgium 65.1% 46.3% 41.3% 12.4% 26.5% 49.7% 23.8%
Czech Republic 88.8% 16.8% 66.9% 16.3% 18.1% 69.6% 12.2%
Poland 43.8% 60.8% 33.6% 5.6% 47.2% 40.4% 12.4%

NB: For reasons of clarity and comprehensibility of the Table, “number of books” and “ISCED levels” are consolidated into three categories each.