Table 4.
Multiple logistic regression for preventive and specialized dental care controlling for individual and interpersonal (family) level covariates.
| Midwest |
Northeast |
South |
West |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| Preventive dental care | 1.206 | (1.05–1.38) | – | – | 1.233 | (1.09–1.40) | 1.350 | (1.19–1.54) |
| Other dental care | 0.979 | (0.95–1.30) | – | – | 1.109 | (0.95–1.30) | 1.301 | (1.11–1.53) |
Regression models control for age, number of adults in the household, number of children in the household, gender, race, ethnicity, poverty level, relationship of respondents to child, insurance coverage in the last year, and amount of time condition affects child.
For each analysis, Northeast was used as the reference group as it had the lowest percent of respondents reporting that they did not receive all needed care.
OR odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval.