Table 1.
Socioeconomic characteristics and oral health indicators by survey year in Norway (n = 2947) and Sweden (n = 4862), based on individuals with complete data
| Norway | Sweden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Categories | 2007% (n) | 2012% (n) | 2007% (n) | 2012% (n) |
| Gender | Female | 48.8 (1415) | 51.2 (2489) | ||
| Male | 51.2 (1486) | 48.8 (2373) | |||
| Country of birth | Native | 98.1 (2822) | 94.6 (4520) | ||
| Foreign | 1.9 (56) | 5.4 (259) | |||
| Education | Higher | 32.5 (770) | 24.3 (1027) | ||
| Lower | 67.5 (1601) | 75.7 (3192) | |||
| Working status | Working | 53.3 (1498) | 33.5 (936) | 48.7 (2303) | 22.3 (1027) |
| Not working | 46.7 (1314) | 66.5 (1858)*** | 51.3 (2428) | 77.7 (3585)*** | |
| Marital status | Married | 80.4 (2314) | 77.3 (2265) | 79.2 (3781) | 76.0 (3524) |
| Single | 19.6 (565) | 22.7 (667)*** | 20.8 (995) | 24.0 (1114)*** | |
| Social network | Broad | 38.8 (1115) | 21.9 (635) | 39.8 (1880) | 25.6 (1185) |
| Narrow | 61.2 (1758) | 78.1 (2267)*** | 60.2 (2849) | 74.4 (3441)*** | |
| Tooth loss | All or almost all teeth | 78.2 (2224) | 76.8 (2164) | 74.1 (3515) | 72.7 (3404) |
| Lost teeth | 21.8 (619) | 23.2 (655)*** | 25.9 (1230) | 27.3 (1276)*** | |
| OHRQoL | OIDP = 0 | 71.0 (1975) | 71.6 (2002) | 72.7 (3375) | 79.6 (3654) |
| OIDP > 0 | 29.0 (806) | 28.4 (796) | 27.3 (1269) | 20.4 (935)*** | |
Cochrane’s Q-test: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
The total number in the different categories do not add up to 2947 due to missing values.
Information regarding some parts of the table is present elsewhere [26].