Table 2.

Comparison of the mothers’ caries-related knowledge, attitudes toward oral hygiene, attitudes toward diet and parental indulgence attitudes in the immigrant and native group

Variables	Immigrant				Native				p-value a
	N	Mean	SD	95% CI	N	Mean	SD	95% CI
Knowledge	137	5.15	2.08	4.80-5.51	432	7.69	1.41	7.56-7.83	<0.001
Attitudes toward oral hygiene	133	34.85	4.62	34.06-35.64	436	37.55	4.86	37.10-38.01	<0.001
Attitudes toward diet	140	15.09	2.90	14.61-15.58	435	16.28	2.81	16.01-16.54	<0.001
Parental indulgence attitudes	137	16.28	3.16	15.75-16.81	435	18.11	3.07	17.82-18.40	<0.001

^aT-test statistics.