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. 2022 Jun 6;2022:5421799. doi: 10.1155/2022/5421799

Table 4.

The results of Pearson's correlation test among the demographic characteristics.

Age (years) Household size Father's level of education Mother's level of education Father's occupation Mother's occupation Oral health knowledge Oral health behavior Oral health literacy
Age (years) Pearson correlation 1
Sig. (2-tailed)
Household size Pearson correlation 0.011 1
Sig. (2-tailed) 0.889
Father's level of education Pearson correlation −0.181 −0.153 1
Sig. (2-tailed) 0.018 0.047
Mother's level of education Pearson correlation −0.043 −0.226∗∗ 0.710∗∗ 1
Sig. (2-tailed) 0.576 0.003 0.000
Father's occupation Pearson correlation −0.041 −0.118 0.174 0.097 1
Sig. (2-tailed) 0.594 0.127 0.023 0.208
Mother's occupation Pearson correlation 0.002 −0.147 0.294∗∗ 0.448∗∗ −0.087 1
Sig. (2-tailed) 0.984 0.056 0.000 0.000 0.260
Oral health knowledge Pearson correlation −0.104 0.035 0.019 0.092 −0.033 .038 1
Sig. (2-tailed) 0.178 0.647 0.802 0.235 0.666 .625
Oral health behavior Pearson correlation −0.050 −0.065 0.130 0.104 −0.118 .085 .256∗∗ 1
Sig. (2-tailed) 0.517 0.398 0.091 0.176 0.127 .271 .001
Oral health literacy Pearson correlation −0.060 0.027 0.124 0.135 −0.154 .125 .265∗∗ .355∗∗ 1
Sig. (2-tailed) 0.441 0.727 0.109 0.080 0.046 .105 .000 .000

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). ∗∗Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).