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 |
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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.
Data are from the LAUSD Academic Records database with n = 629.
Data are from the questionnaire completed by the parents with n = 1495.
* P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001.