Table 3.

Perceived oral health status with disability application and other variables: Adults 18 and above, National Survey of Veterans, 2010 (n=8393)

	Positive perception of oral health status			Negative Perception of oral health status
	n	wt%	SE	n	wt%	SE	p-value1
Sex							0.0008
Female	318	5.4	0.4	170	2.7	0.3
Male	3959	52.2	0.7	3046	39.6	0.7
Missing (900)
Race/ethnicity							<.0001
White	4422	52.8	0.7	2993	34.1	0.6
Black	241	5.3	0.4	318	6.0	0.4
Other	86	1.1	0.1	66	0.7	0.1
Missing (267)
Age							0.0024
18 to less than 65	2596	36.3	0.7	1778	23.4	0.6
65 and above	2206	22.9	0.5	1636	17.3	0.4
Missing (167)
Education							<.0001
Less than high school	142	1.6	0.1	323	3.5	0.2
High school graduate	938	22.8	0.4	1155	13.8	0.4
Some college/technical	1305	16.8	0.5	1092	13.5	0.4
HE graduate & above	2436	29.0	0.6	3300	39.0	0.6
Missing (138)
Income							<.0001
Less than $20000	346	5.4	0.4	702	9.6	0.4
$20000–$29999	461	5.6	0.3	546	6.9	0.3
$30000–$39999	545	6.9	0.3	534	6.3	0.3
$40000–$49999	468	6.1	0.3	348	4.2	0.3
$50000 and above	2756	35.3	0.7	11’5	13.8	0.4
Missing (572)
Smoking Status							<.0001
Current smoker	526	7.4	0.4	901	11.8	0.4
Former smoker	2295	25.8	0.5	1733	18.7	0.5
Never smoker	2043	25.9	0.6	850	10.4	0.4
Missing (45)
Married/Civil Commitment/Union							<.0001
Yes	2207	26.9	0.5	3798	43.9	0.6
No	1126	16.4	0.5	1006	12.8	0.4
Missing (126)
Internet access, at least occasional							<.0001
Yes	3740	47.8	0.7	2031	25.4	0.6
No	1054	11.5	0.4	1386	15.4	0.4
Missing (182)
Dental visit within 6 months							<.0001
Yes	3371	39.7	0.6	1493	16.9	0.5
No	1443	19.5	0.6	1940	23.9	0.6
Missing (24)
Applied for disability							<.0001
Yes	958	10.5	0.4	946	10.7	0.4
No	3930	48.5	0.6	2559	30.3	0.6
Missing (0)

¹Rao-Scott Chi-Square test p-value

Abbreviations: wt%: weighted column percentage; SE: standard error; HE: Higher education beyond high school graduation

“No” in Married/Civil Commitment/Union includes widowed, divorced, separated, and never married.