. 2018 Dec;19(4):273–279.

Table 2.

Mean and standard deviation of children’s oral health behavior and the associated factor, n=833

Characteristic	Categories	Frequency	Percent	Children’s oral health behavior
Characteristic	Categories	Frequency	Percent	Mean(SD )	f or t^*	p Value
Child’s gender	Boys	433	52	4.8 (2.1)	0.26	0.79^t
Child’s gender	Girls	400	48	4.9 (2)	0.26	0.79^t
Mother’s education	≤ High school	275	33	4.5 (2.2)	7.2	0.001^a
	Diploma	389	46.7	4.9 (1.9)
	University	169	20.3	5.3 (1.8)
Father ’s education	≤ High school	327	39.3	4.5 (2.2)	7.4	0.001^a
	Diploma	297	35.7	5 (1.8)
	University	209	25.1	5.2 (2)
Number of child	1	315	37.8	5.2 (1.9)	7.3	0.001^a
	2	449	53.9	4.7 (2.1)
	≥3	79	8.3	4.3 (2.3)
Maternal occupation	Employed	97	11.6	5.1 (1.8)	2.3	0.13^t
Maternal occupation	Unemployed	736	88.4	4.8 (2.1)	2.3	0.13^t
Economic status	Weak	218	26.2	4.4 (2.1)	7.3	0.001^a
	Average	455	54.6	4.9 (2)
	Good	160	19.2	4.9 (1.9)

Tests applied: independent sample t-test, One-way ANOVA.