Table 4.
Showing the relationship between socio-demographic features and duration of tooth cleaning
| Duration of tooth cleaning | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographic variable | Less than 2 minutes (%) | More than 2 minutes (%) | More than 5 minutes (%) | Not sure (%) | Total (%) |
| Age category | |||||
| <20 years | 105 (22.0) | 142 (29.7) | 117 (24.5) | 114 (23.8) | 478 (6.3) |
| 20–29 years | 413 (23.8) | 597 (34.4) | 434 (25.0) | 289 (16.7) | 1733 (22.7) |
| 30–39 years | 508 (25.0) | 765 (37.2) | 450 (22.2) | 317 (15.6) | 2013 (26.6) |
| 40–49 years | 440 (23.9) | 649 (35.3) | 506 (27.5) | 243 (13.2) | 1838 (24.1) |
| 50 – 59 years | 290 (29.3) | 304 (30.7) | 273 (27.5) | 124 (12.50 | 991 (13.0) |
| 60 years and above | 126 922.5) | 175 (31.3) | 198 (35.4) | 60 (10.7) | 559 (7.3) |
| Χ2 = 104.88 df = 15 p < 0.001 | |||||
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 1005 (23.7) | 1505 (35.5) | 1111(26.2) | 624 (14.7) | 4245 (55.6) |
| Male | 877 (25.9) | 1118(33.0) | 867 (25.6) | 523 (15.5) | 3385 (44.4) |
| Χ2 = 8.196 df = 4 p = 0.085 | |||||
| Educational Status | |||||
| Missing | 192 (20.3) | 223 (23.6) | 194 (20.5) | 337 (35.6) | 946 (12.4) |
| None | 194 (27.8) | 155 (22.2) | 230 (33.0) | 119 (17.0) | 698 (9.1) |
| Primary school | 237 (27.5) | 223 (27.0) | 264 (30.6) | 128 (14.8) | 862 (11.3) |
| Secondary school | 497 (24.3) | 688 (33.5) | 595 (29.0) | 269 (13.1) | 2049 (26.9) |
| Tertiary institution | 762 (24.8) | 1324 (43.0) | 695 (22.6) | 294 (9.6) | 3075 940.3) |
| Χ2 = 548.21 df = 12 p < 0.001 | |||||
| Occupation | |||||
| None | 327 (24.50 | 360 (27.1) | 297 (22.3) | 348 (26.1) | 1332 (17.5) |
| Student | 118 (22.8) | 190 (36.7) | 113(21.8) | 97 (18.7) | 518 (6.8) |
| Unskilled worker | 496 925.8) | 517 (26.9) | 584 (30.3) | 328 (17.0) | 1925 (25.2) |
| Skilled worker | 529 (24.2) | 803 (36.8) | 562 (25.7) | 297 (13.3) | 2185 (28.6) |
| Very skilled worker | 412 (24.7) | 753 (45.1) | 422 (25.3) | 83 (5.0) | 1670 (21.9) |
| Χ2 = 675.114 df = 12 p < 0.001 | |||||
| Geo-political Zone | |||||
| North-Central | 473 (25.4) | 595 (32.0) | 453 (24.3) | 341 (18.3) | 1862 (24.4) |
| North-West | 297 925.0) | 193 (16.3) | 226 (19.0) | 472 (39.7) | 1188 (15.6) |
| South-East | 477 (28.5) | 652 (38.9) | 437 (26.1) | 110 (6.6) | 1676 (22.0) |
| South-South | 151 (36.7) | 149 (36.3) | 75 (18.2) | 36 (8.8) | 411 (5.4) |
| South-West | 484 (19.4) | 1034 (41.5) | 787 (31.6) | 188 (7.5) | 2493 (32.7) |
| Χ2 = 968.99 df = 12 p < 0.001 | |||||
| TOTAL | 1882 (24.7) | 2623 (34.4) | 1978 (25.9) | 1147 (15.0) | 7630 (100.0) |