TABLE 2—
Decomposition of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Children’s Dental Health: National Survey of Children’s Health, 2007
| Any Dental Problem |
Self-Rated Poor Dental Health |
Preventive Dental Visits |
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| White Compared With Black | White Compared With Hispanic | White Compared With Black | White Compared With Hispanic | White Compared With Black | White Compared With Hispanic | |
| Difference (0–1) | −0.1031 | −0.1481 | −0.0571 | −0.1575 | 0.0919 | 0.1318 |
| Explained difference | −0.0784 | −0.9675 | −0.0442 | −0.0915 | 0.0815 | 0.1358 |
| Explained,a % | 76.02 | 65.31 | 77.42 | 58.08 | 88.72 | 100.00 |
| Unexplained,a % | 23.98 | 34.69 | 22.58 | 41.92 | 11.28 | 0.00 |
a
Proportion of racial/ethnic disparities in the dental health and care outcomes explained and unexplained by the decomposition model.