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).