Table 4.

Model number 11: linear regression analysis with collinearity tests for decayed teeth as the dependent variable.

Parameter	B	Std. Error	p Value	Exp(B) and 95% Wald Confidence Interval for	Collinearity Statistics
					Tolerance	VIF
(Intercept)	1.88	0.16	<0.001	6.59 (4.79–9.06)
GIS 1–3 vs. GIS 8–9	1.32	0.05	<0.001	3.75 (3.38–4.16)	0.74	1.34
GIS 4–5 vs. GIS 8–9	0.56	0.04	<0.001	1.75 (1.60–1.91)	0.74	1.34
GIS 6–7 vs. GIS 8–9	0.17	0.04	<0.001	1.19 (1.09–1.29)	0.80	1.24
Age	−0.009	0.003	0.021	0.99 (0.98–0.99)	0.38	2.39
Sex: Male vs. female	0.17	0.03	<0.001	1.19 (1.12–1.26)	0.94	1.06
Education: high school vs. academic	0.15	0.06	0.460	1.05 (0.92–1.20)	0.69	1.43
Education: technicians vs. academic	0.37	0.07	<0.001	1.44 (1.25–1.69)	0.48	2.05
SES: low vs. high	1.35	0.07	<0.001	3.86 (3.36–4.44)	0.95	1.05
SES: medium vs. high	0.36	0.02	<0.001	1.43 (1.36–1.52)	0.92	1.07
Locality: Urban non-Jewish vs. urban Jewish	−0.24	0.04	<0.001	0.78 (0.72–0.85)	0.97	1.02
Locality: Rural vs. urban Jewish	0.53	0.32	0.106	1.70 (0.89–3.23)	0.98	1.01
Birth country Western Europe vs. native Israeli	0.56	0.05	<0.001	1.76 (1.59–1.93)	0.98	1.01
Birth country East Europe vs. native Israeli	1.04	0.11	<0.001	2.84 (2.28–3.55)	0.98	1.01
Birth country Asia vs. native Israeli	0.21	0.22	0.350	1.23 (0.79–1.92)	0.99	1.002
Birth country Ethiopia vs. native Israeli	−0.22	0.11	0.040	0.80 (0.64–0.98)	0.96	1.04
Birth country Africa vs. native Israeli	−0.19	0.28	0.946	0.98 (0.56–1.71)	0.99	1.001
Birth country North America vs. native Israeli	−0.35	0.10	<0.001	0.70 (0.57–0.85)	0.99	1.01
Birth country South America vs. native Israeli	−0.33	0.16	0.837	0.96 (0.70–1.32)	0.99	1.002
Smoking	0.026	0.07	0.704	1.02 (0.89–1.17)	0.79	1.25
Brushing teeth less than once a day	0.52	0.04	<0.001	1.68 (1.55–1.82)	0.98	1.01
Cariogenic diet	0.17	0.03	<0.001	1.18 (1.11–1.26)	0.72	1.37
Sweetened beverages	0.45	0.03	<0.001	1.009 (1.001–1.016)	0.71	1.40