Table 2.

Associations between socioeconomic variables and caries level by ICDAS (n = 728).

	ICDAS II = 0 n = 135	ICDAS II = 1–3 n = 277	ICDAS II = 4–6 n = 316	P
Medical visits <6 months
No	73 (54.1)	153 (55.2)	159 (50.3)	.466
Yes	62 (45.9)	124 (44.8)	157 (49.7)
Mother's level of education
≥ 9 yr	77 (57.0)	132 (47.6)	137 (43.3)	.029
< 9 yrs	58 (43.0)	145 (52.4)	179 (56.7)
Father's level of education
≥ 9 yrs	49 (36.3)	99 (35.7)	109 (34.5)	.918
< 9 yrs	86 (63.7)	178 (64.3)	207 (65.5)
Father's employment status
Employed	125 (92.6)	259 (93.5)	292 (92.4)	.867
Unemployed	10 (7.4)	18 (6.5)	24 (7.6)
Socioeconomic level (SES)
High-income	31 (23.0)	49 (17.7)	50 (15.8)	.009
Middle-income	53 (39.2)	94 (33.9)	88 (27.9)
Low-income	51 (37.8)	134 (48.4)	178 (56.3)