Table 3.
Association of Caries Experience with Socio-Demographic characteristics for the Overall Sample and according to Child’s Race
| Child’s race |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall sample (n = 1,023) |
Black (n = 451)† |
Non-Black (n = 538)† |
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| Socio-demographics | No caries | Caries | P-value | No caries | Caries | P-value | No caries | Caries | P-value |
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| Child | |||||||||
| Gender | |||||||||
| 1 (Female) | 45.9% (242) | 45.3% (224) | 0.854 | 50.2% (104) | 43.9% (107) | 0.175 | 43.0% (129) | 46.6% (111) | 0.399 |
| 2 (Male) | 54.1%(285) | 54.7%(270) | 49.8% (103) | 56.1% (137) | 57.0% (171) | 53.4% (127) | |||
| Race | |||||||||
| 0 (Non-Black) | 59.2% (300) | 49.4% (238) | 0.002* | ||||||
| 1 (Black) | 40.8% (207) | 50.6% (244) | |||||||
| Ethnicity | |||||||||
| 1 (Non-Hispanic) | 90.7% (451) | 93.5% (431) | 0.116 | 93.9% (186) | 98.2% (220) | 0.022* | 89.3% (259) | 89.6% (206) | 0.925 |
| 2 (Hispanic) | 9.3% (46) | 6.5% (30) | 6.1% (12) | 1.8% (4) | 10.7% (31) | 10.4% (24) | |||
| Age | 4.2 ± 1.1 (527) | 4.5 ± 1.1 (495) | <0.001* | 4.2 ± 1.1 (207) | 4.5 ± 1.1 (244) | 0.002* | 4.1 ± 1.1 (300) | 4.6 ± 1.0 (238) | <0.001* |
| Mean age ± SD (years) | |||||||||
| Caregiver | |||||||||
| Education | |||||||||
| 0 (≤ High School) | 43.4% (225) | 46.0% (225) | 0.411 | 44.2% (91) | 45.1% (110) | 0.847 | 44.0% (129) | 48.1% (112) | 0.356 |
| 1 (> High School) | 56.6% (293) | 54.0 (264) | 55.8% (115) | 54.9% (134) | 56.0% (164) | 51.9% (121) | |||
| Marital status | |||||||||
| 0 (Other) | 69.3% (359) | 73.2% (357) | 0.178 | 82.8% (169) | 87.9% (211) | 0.129 | 59.5% (175) | 57.9% (136) | 0.701 |
| 1 (Married) | 30.7% (159) | 26.8% (131) | 17.2% (35) | 12.1% (29) | 40.5% (119) | 42.1% (99) | |||
| Race | |||||||||
| 0 (Non-black) | 61.5% (312) | 49.3% (236) | 0.001* | 8.8% (18) | 2.9% (7) | 0.007* | 98.7% (293) | 97.4% (226) | 0.299 |
| 1 (Black) | 38.5% (195) | 50.7% (243) | 91.2% (187) | 97.1% (237) | 1.3% (4) | 2.6% (6) | |||
| Ethnicity | |||||||||
| 1 (Non-Hispanic) | 93.2% (465) | 96.3% (448) | 0.029* | 94.5% (188) | 98.7% (224) | 0.015* | 92.8% (271) | 94.8% (219) | 0.351 |
| 2 (Hispanic) | 6.8% (34) | 3.7% (17) | 5.5% (11) | 1.3% (3) | 7.2% (21) | 5.2% (12) | |||
| Gender | |||||||||
| 1 (Female) | 90.7% (477) | 89.5% (443) | 0.525 | 92.8% (192) | 91.4% (223) | 0.595 | 89.6% (268) | 88.7% (211) | 0.717 |
| 2 (Male) | 9.3% (49) | 10.5% (52) | 7.2% (15) | 8.6% (21) | 10.4% (31) | 11.3% (27) | |||
| Age | 31.4 ± 7.9 (524) | 31.1 ± 7.7 (495) | 0.598 | 30.7 ± 7.2 (205) | 30.7 ± 7.3 (244) | 0.803 | 32.0 ± 8.3 (299) | 31.4 ± 8.1 (238) | 0.413 |
| Mean age ± SD (years) | |||||||||
*
Significant at a P-value < 0.05.
†
Does not add up to 1,023 due to missing race data.