Table 5.

Adjusted logistic regression of education and self-reported unmet need for oral health services, adults aged 50 years and over in China, Ghana, and India, 2007-2010^a

		China (N = 1591) Adjusted Model		Ghana (N = 425) Adjusted Model		India (N = 1307) Adjusted Model
		OR (CI)	p-value	OR (CI)	p-value	OR (CI)	p-value
Education	University	1.00		1.00		1.00
	Secondary	1.59 (0.64–3.95)	0.321	3.86 (1.05–14.15)	0.042	4.29 (1.44–12.77)	0.009
	Primary	1.70 (0.64–4.49)	0.281	3.44 (1.04–11.35)	0.042	4.44 (1.38–14.27)	0.013
	No schooling	2.87 (1.04–7.89)	0.041	8.26 (2.81–24.31)	p < 0.001	7.05 (2.14–23.19)	0.001
Sex	Female	1.00		1.00		1.00
	Male	1.19 (0.91–1.56)	0.209	1.67 (0.79–3.51)	0.178	2.11 (1.27–3.50)	0.004
Age (years)	50–59	1.00		1.00		1.00
	60–69	1.22 (0.92–1.61)	0.171	1.67 (0.84–3.33)	0.141	1.39 (0.96–2.02)	0.083
	70–79	1.53 (1.09–2.15)	0.015	0.69 (0.33–1.46)	0.330	2.40 (1.48–3.89)	p < 0.001
	80+	2.76 (1.50–5.07)	0.002	1.26 (0.41–3.92)	0.685	2.53 (1.20–5.30)	0.014
Residence	Urban	1.00		1.00		1.00
	Rural	2.54 (1.82–3.56)	p < 0.001	1.57 (0.85–2.90)	0.152	0.92 (0.53–1.59)	0.768
Marital status	Married	1.00		1.00		1.00
	Divorce	0.93 (0.71–1.22)	0.597	1.20 (0.59–2.47)	0.608	1.02 (0.70–1.49)	0.908
	Never married	1.18 (0.32–4.44)	0.800	0.08 (0.01–1.64)	0.099	4.78 (0.82–27.88)	0.082
Work status	Current worker	1.00		1.00		1.00
	Non-current	1.31 (0.88–1.96)	0.179	1.11 (0.55–2.25)	0.767	1.49 (0.99–2.22)	0.053
	Never worked	1.64 (0.92–2.90)	0.091	n/a	n/a	1.69 (1.01–2.83)	0.047
Self-rated health	Good	1.00		1.00		1.00
	Moderate	1.01 (0.75–1.33)	0.992	1.59 (0.82–3.08)	0.172	1.09 (0.63–1.89)	0.749
	Bad	1.23 (0.92–1.64)	0.162	1.21 (0.55–2.65)	0.635	0.86 (0.47–1.57)	0.620

^aData source – WHO Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE), 2007–2010

[OR (CI)] Adjusted Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals

Statistical significance set at p < 0.05 (logistic regression)

[n/a] No result due to no observation in the “never worked” group

All significant estimates are bolded