Table 1.
Bivariate association between socio-demographics, health insurance coverage and preventive dental visits.
| % Privately Insured (n) | p-value | % visiting yearly (n) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity/Race | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Black African | 10.1 (427) | 3.1 (123) | ||||
| Coloured | 21.6 (126) | 3.2 (19) | ||||
| Indian/Asian | 32.9 (195) | 10.5 (54) | ||||
| White | 70.0 (163) | 27.8 (74) | ||||
| Location | <0.001 | 0.001 | ||||
| Urban | 19.9 (744) | 5.7 (208) | ||||
| Rural | 6.2 (167) | 3.2 (62) | ||||
| Education | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| <High school | 8.3 (400) | 2.3 (100) | ||||
| High School | 23.5 (248) | 7.9 (92) | ||||
| >High School | 56.5 (263) | 19.2 (78) | ||||
| Gender | 0.958 | 0.303 | ||||
| Male | 15.4 (383) | 4.5 (109) | ||||
| Female | 15.4 (528) | 5.2 (161) | ||||
| Nutritional status | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Poorest | 7.4 (262) | 2.2 (60) | ||||
| Middle | 20.8 (402) | 6.7 (122) | ||||
| Highest | 19.9 (247) | 6.4 (88) | ||||
| Tobacco use | <0.001 | 0.002 | ||||
| Never | 16.2 (650) | 5.4 (204) | ||||
| Ever snuff user | 4.4 (17) | 0.7 (4) | ||||
| Ever smoker | 16.2 (244) | 4.5 (62) | ||||
| Dental problem | 0.400 | 0.009 | ||||
| No | 15.6 (966) | 5.2 (235) | ||||
| Yes | 14.2 (145) | 2.8 (35) | ||||
| Privately insured | <0.001 | |||||
| No | - | 2.5 (112) | ||||
| Yes | - | 17.7 (156) | ||||
| Material wealth index | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Lowest | 2.2 (40) | 1.9 (24) | ||||
| Middle | 7.2 (181) | 2.2 (48) | ||||
| Highest | 36.4 (659) | 10.9 (195) | ||||
| Total population | 15.4 (13.4–17.7) | 4.9 (4.0–6.0) |