Table 4. Gingival health and oral hygiene status among the three socio-economic areas, by sex.
| Area | Sex | Number of children
with GI=0 (%) |
Number of children
with GI> 0 (%) |
Average DI-S
score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low-socioeconomic | Boys
(N = 43) |
29
(67.4) |
14
(32.6) |
0.82 |
| Girls
(N = 69) |
53
(76.8) |
16
(23.2) |
0.70 | |
| Both
(N = 112) |
82
(73.2) |
30
(26.8) |
0.75 | |
| Middle-socioeconomic | Boys
(N = 54) |
44
(81.5) |
10
(18.5) |
0.52 |
| Girls
(N = 47) |
36
(76.6) |
11
(23.4) |
0.50 | |
| Both
(N = 101) |
80
(79.2) |
21
(20.8) |
0.51 | |
| High-socioeconomic | Boys
(N = 61) |
53
(86.9) |
8
(13.1) |
0.44 |
| Girls
(N = 61) |
60
(98.4) |
1
(1.6) |
0.19 | |
| Both
(N = 122) |
113
(92.6) |
9
(7.4) |
0.32 | |
|
Total
(N = 335) |
275
(82.1) |
60
(17.9) |
0.52 | |
|
Significance level of difference
among areas |
P< 0.001 | P< 0.001 | ||