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. 2015 Nov 22;28(1):31–35. doi: 10.1016/j.sdentj.2015.08.001

Table 4.

FIS-8 summary data, by sociodemographic characteristics (data in brackets are percentages unless otherwise indicated).

Mean score (sd) No with impactsa
Sex of child
Male 2.4 (2.2) 35 (36.8)
Female 2.3 (2.2) 31 (32.3)



Age of child
2–4 2.1 (1.8) 11 (33.3)
5–6 2.5 (2.1) 29 (38.2)
7–9 2.3 (2.3) 26 (31.7)



Education level of informant
Elementary 2.5 (2.2) 8 (30.8)
Secondary 2.3 (2.2) 38 (35.8)
Further 2.3 (2.1) 20 (33.9)



All combined 2.3 (2.2) 66 (34.6)
a

One or more items rated as ‘Often’ or ‘Every day or almost every day’.