Table 3.

Fear of injection and cost of dental treatment by selected characteristics

	Fear of injection		Dental treatment is expensive
Variables	Mean (SD)	P value	Mean (SD)	P value
Gender
Male	7.2 (2.5)	0.53	6.9 (3.6)	0.19
Female	7.3 (2.6)		6.8 (3.7)
Age group (years)
16–39	7.4 (2.6)	0.06	6.8 (3.7)	0.81
40–64	7.2 (2.4)		7.0 (3.6)
65+	6.3 (2.7)		6.6 (3.6)
Education
<HND/University	7.4 (2.6)	0.52	7.2 (3.7)	0.22
HND/University	7.2 (2.5)		6.7 (3.6)
Marital status
Single	7.1(2.7)	0.39	7.0 (3.7)	0.78
Married	7.4 (2.4)		6.8 (3.6)
Divorced, separated, or widowed	6.8 (2.2)		7.2 (3.8)
Previous dental consultation
Yes	7.1 (2.5)	0.06	6.9 (3.9)	0.71
No	7.7(2.6)		6.8 (3.5)
How frequently
Never	7.7 (2.6)	0.24	6.6 (3.6)	0.40
Regular	6.8 (2.4)		7.7 (3.6)
Irregular	7.0 (2.6)		6.8 (3.6)

ANOVA was employed to compare the means