Table 7: Correlation between the socioeconomic status of the patients and the missed appointments (according to Kuppuswamy’s classification)
| Socioeconomic status | Frequency | Valid percent | p-value | ||||
| Upper | 28 | 35.7 | |||||
| Upper middle | 216 | 58.80 | 0.142 | ||||
| Upper lower | 16 | 18.80 | |||||
| Lower middle | 34 | 38.20 |
Upper middle-class people have missed more appointments; p-value not significant.