Table 6: Distribution of the study population according to oral health behavioral characteristics
| Oral health variables | Children of working mothers | Children of nonworking mothers | p-value | ||||
| Weaning | 4-6 months - 46 | 4-6 months - 33 | 0.001, significant | ||||
| 6-8 months - 4 | 6-8 months - 17 | ||||||
| Toothbrushing | No - 24 | No - 24 | 0.99 | ||||
| Yes - 26 | Yes - 26 | ||||||
| Bottle-feeding | 6-12 months - 46 | 6-12 months - 17 | 0.027, significant | ||||
| 12-24 months - 4 | 12-24 months - 33 | ||||||
| Breastfeeding | <8 months - 48 | <8 months - 14 | <0.001, significant | ||||
| 8-10 months - 2 | 8-10 months - 34 | ||||||
| >10 months - 0 | >10 months - 2 | ||||||
| Daily intake of sugars | No - 20 | No - 35 | 0.402 | ||||
| Yes - 30 | Yes - 15 | ||||||
| Sugars in feeding bottle | No - 35 | No - 38 | 0.653 | ||||
| Yes - 15 | Yes - 12 | ||||||
| Bottle at night | No - 30 | No - 37 | 0.202 | ||||
| Yes - 20 | Yes - 13 |
Chi-square test