Research Article
Oral Health Knowledge, Attitude, and Approaches of Pre-Primary and Primary School Teachers in Mumbai, India
Table 1
Demographics of 511 school teachers who participated in the study.
| | Demographics | English (%) | Marathi (%) | Total (%) |
| | Age | <24 years | 28 (5.5) | 11 (2.1) | 39 (7.6) | | 25–39 years | 165 (32.3) | 49 (9.6) | 214 (41.9) | | 40–59 years | 102 (20.0) | 153 (29.9) | 255 (49.9) | | 60 years and above | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.6) |
| | Gender | Male | 21 (4.1) | 51 (10.0) | 72 (14.1) | | Female | 276 (54.0) | 163 (31.9) | 439 (85.9) |
| | Education | School | 8 (1.6) | 19 (3.7) | 27 (5.3) | | Higher secondary school | 66 (12.9) | 42 (8.2) | 108 (21.1) | | Graduation | 184 (36.0) | 129 (25.2) | 313 (61.2) | | After graduation | 39 (7.6) | 24 (4.7) | 63 (12.3) |
| | Teaching | Pre-primary school | 63 (12.3) | 24 (4.7) | 87 (17.0) | | Primary | 234 (45.8) | 190 (37.2) | 424 (83.0) |
| | Teaching experience | <1 year | 35 (6.8) | 7 (1.4) | 42 (8.2) | | 1–5 years | 100 (19.6) | 33 (6.4) | 133 (26.0) | | >5 years | 162 (31.7) | 174 (34.1) | 336 (65.8) |
| | Marital status | Unmarried | 66 (12.9) | 30 (5.9) | 96 (18.8) | | Married | 231 (45.2) | 184 (36.0) | 415 (81.2) |
| | Children | Yes | 212 (41.5) | 184 (36.0) | 396 (77.5) | | No | 85 (16.6) | 30 (5.9) | 115 (22.5) |
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