. 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 Achievements^a					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.