Table 1.

Prevalence percentage and mean decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) score associated with different sociodemographic variables

Category	Frequency	Prevalence of dental caries in adolescents		DMFT score
		n (%)	χ2(p)	Mean	SD
Total sample	974 (100)		2.03	2.30
Gender
Male	542 (55.6)	317 (58.5)	4.364 (0.037)*	1.76	2.12
Female	432 (44.4)	281 (65.0)		2.39	2.50
Age
12 years	23 (2.4)	12 (52.2)	1.802 (0.615)	1.57	1.93
13 years	224 (23.0)	133 (59.4)		1.75	2.08
14 years	529 (54.3)	333 (62.9)		2.12	2.31
15 years	198 (20.3)	120 (61.9)		2.22	2.61
Father’s/male guardian’s highest level of education
8th standard or below	258 (26.5)	173 (67.1)	19.383 (0.002)**	2.31	2.35
10th standard	228 (23.4)	150 (65.8)		2.14	2.28
12th standard	108 (11.1)	67 (62.0)		2.13	2.43
University	274 (28.1)	139 (50.7)		1.50	2.01
No father/guardian	32 (3.3)	22 (68.8)		3.16	3.15
Don’t know	74 (7.6)	47 (63.5)		2.18	2.47
Mother’s/female guardian’s highest level of education
8th standard or below	336 (34.5)	227 (67.6)	26.512 (0.00)***	2.40	2.43
10th standard	181 (18.6)	117 (64.6)		2.03	2.33
12th standard	129 (13.2)	71 (55.0)		1.74	2.07
University	210 (21.6)	102 (48.6)		1.39	1.95
No mother/guardian	15 (1.5)	12 (80.0)		3.13	2.61
Don’t know	103 (10.6)	69 (67.0)		2.44	2.56
Community
Forward Caste	60 (6.2)	31 (51.7)	19.887 (0.00)***	1.70	2.21
Backward Caste	443 (45.5)	249 (56.2)		1.65	2.06
Most Backward	198 (20.3)	122 (61.6)		2.19	2.52
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes	273 (28.0)	196 (71.8)		2.64	2.46
Location of school
Rural school	516 (53.0)	332 (64.3)	4.015 (0.026)*	1.70	2.39
Urban school	458 (47.0)	266 (58.0)		1.65	2.24
Type of school
Private school	509 (52.3)	278 (54.6)	20.675 (0.000)***	2.19	2.13
Public school	465 (47.7)	320 (68.8)		2.64	2.47

SD, standard deviation.

^*P < 0.05.

^**P < 0.01.

^***P < 0.001.