Table 3.

Association between social determinants and brushing less than twice a day and flossing less than once a day, among 18-year-old adolescents

	Brushing less than twice a day		Flossing less than once a day
Variable	Crude ORs (95% CIs)	Adjusted ORsΨ (95% CIs)	Crude ORs (95% CIs)	Adjusted ORsΨ (95% CIs)
Sex		—		—
Female†
Male	3.451 (2.494–4.776)*		2.994 (1.796–4.992)*
Residential zone
Urban area†	1.606 (1.147–2.250) ƒ	1.534 (1.084–2.172) β	1.271 (0.712–2.269)	1.198 (0.668–2.151)
Rural area
Adolescent's educational level
More than basic schooling†
Basic schooling or less	1.876 (1.370–2.570)*	1.560 (1.127–2.160) ƒ	1.004 (0.601–1.679)	0.824 (0.487–1.394)
Mother's educational level
College degree†
Secondary education	1.164 (0.742–1.826)	1.190 (0.747–1.898)	0.630 (0.268–1.482)	0.620 (0.262–1.467)
Basic schooling or less	1.516 (1.015–2.263) δ	1.584 (1.046–2.398) χ	0.536 (0.248–1.155)	0.523 (0.241–1.134)
Father's educational level
College degree†
Secondary education	1.096 (0.598–2.008)	0.991 (1.004–0.534)	0.550 (0.239–1.265)	0.772 (0.354–1.686)
Basic schooling or less	1.872 (1.114–3.146) α	1.929 (1.132–3.289) χ	0.782 (0.360–1.698)	0.504 (0.217–1.170)
Mother's employment status
Employed†	0.940 (0.597–1.482)	1.049 (0.657–1.676)	1.320 (0.662–2.631)	1.447 (0.722-–2.901)
Unemployed	1.597 (1.091–2.339) ɣ	1.493 (1.008–2.213) ε	2.630 (1.121–6.172) β	2.456 (1.042–5.789) Ω
Other
Father's employment status
Employed†
Unemployed	1.054 (0.657–1.689)	1.046 (0.644–1.699)	1.425 (0.638–3.183)	1.040 (0.517–2.092)
Other	1.448 (0.945–2.220)	1.481 (0.952–2.303)	1.040 (0.520–2.080)	1.420 (0.632–3.191)

^†Reference class. ^ΨAdjusted for sex. Results statistically significant are highlighted in bold

*P < 0.001, ^#P = 0.001, ƒ P = 0.006, ɣ P = 0.016, α P = 0.018, β P = 0.026, χ P = 0.030, µ P = 0.038, Ω P = 0.040, δ P = 0.042, ε P = 0.046