Table 4.
Variable | Unstandardised coefficients |
Standardised coefficients | t | Sig. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | SE | Beta | |||
(Constant) | 2.341 | 0.178 | 13.154 | 0.000 | |
Gender (F = 0; M = 1) | −0.553 | 0.147 | −0.118 | −3.777 | 0.000* |
Mother’s education | |||||
8th standard | Reference category | ||||
10th standard | −0.275 | 0.209 | −0.046 | −1.313 | 0.189 |
12th standard | −0.556 | 0.235 | −0.081 | −2.367 | 0.018** |
College | −0.880 | 0.210 | −0.156 | −4.196 | 0.000* |
No mother | 0.436 | 0.599 | 0.023 | 0.728 | 0.467 |
Don’t know | −0.054 | 0.255 | −0.007 | −0.213 | 0.831 |
Community | |||||
Forward Caste | 0.335 | 0.323 | 0.035 | 1.036 | 0.300 |
Backward Caste | Reference category | ||||
Most Backward Caste | 0.386 | 0.196 | 0.067 | 1.969 | 0.049** |
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes | 0.792 | 0.177 | 0.153 | 4.468 | 0.000* |
Dependent variable: DMFT.
Predictors: (constant) mother’s education, gender and caste. B, beta coefficient; DMFT, decayed, missing and filled tooth; SE, standard error; Sig, significance.
P < 0.05.
P < 0.001.