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. 2012 Sep;102(9):1729–1734. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300478

TABLE 1—

Academic Achievements, School Attendance, and Impact on Parents: Impact of Oral Health on Children and Parents, Los Angeles County, California, 2008–2009

Academic Achievementsa
Attendance
Impact on Parents
Variables No. (%) Test Score (English Language Arts), Mean (SD) Proficiency (English Language Arts), Mean (SD) Test Score (Mathematics), Mean (SD) Proficiency (Mathematics), Mean (SD) GPA, Mean (SD) No. of Child’s Total Absent Days,a Mean (SD) No. of Child’s Absent Days (for Dental Problems),b Mean (SD) No. of Parent’s Absent Days (for Child’s Dental Problems),b Mean (SD)
Level of school
 Elementary 287 (45.6) 349.9 (53.8)** 3.5 (1.1) 369.7 (69.6)*** 6.0 (5.5)*** 2.1 (1.4) 2.6 (2.8)
 High 342 (54.4) 338.2 (45.9) 3.3 (1.0) 307.5 (52.4) 2.5 (1.0) 2.6 (0.9) 2.6 (3.4) 2.3 (1.2) 2.4 (2.1)
Gender
 Boy 283 (45.0)* 3.3 (1.1) 340.6 (69.0)* 3.1 (1.2) 2.4 (0.9)** 3.8 (4.3) 2.0 (1.2) 2.3 (1.9)
 Girl 346 (55.0) 347.3 (48.3) 3.5 (1.0) 330.1 (66.8) 2.9 (1.2) 2.7 (0.8) 4.4 (5.1) 2.3 (1.4) 2.8 (3.0)
Race/ethnicity
 Asian 60 (9.7) 380.9 (47.0)*** 4.2 (0.8)*** 389.1 (62.7)*** 3.8 (0.8)*** 3.3 (0.7)*** 2.1 (3.0)** 1.8 (1.0) 1.5 (0.7)
 Black 147 (23.8) 345.9 (49.5) 3.4 (1.1) 338.9 (70.1) 3.1 (1.2) 2.6 (0.7) 4.8 (5.0) 2.5 (1.5) 2.9 (3.5)
 White Hispanic 32 (5.2) 356.8 (58.3) 3.6 (1.4) 344.5 (71.5) 3.3 (1.3) 2.6 (0.9) 5.4 (6.9) 1.8 (0.5) 1.8 (0.5)
 Other Hispanic 378 (61.3) 335.7 (46.4) 3.2 (1.0) 323.9 (62.3) 2.8 (1.2) 2.5 (0.9) 4.0 (4.6) 2.2 (1.4) 2.6 (2.0)
Total 629 343.3 (49.8) 3.4 (1.1) 334.7 (67.9) 3.0 (1.2) 2.6 (0.9) 4.1 (4.8) 2.2 (1.3) 2.5 (2.5)

Note. GPA = grade point average. LAUSD = Los Angeles Unified School District.

a

Data are from the LAUSD Academic Records database with n = 629.

b

Data are from the questionnaire completed by the parents with n = 1495.

* P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001.