Oral Health Knowledge and Behavior among Adults in the United Arab Emirates

Table 2

Demographic variables and their relationship with mean oral health knowledge score.

Variable	Categories	N (%)	Mean	SD	P value
Age	18-24	243 (56.7)	10.43	2.36	0.04
	25-34	74 (17.3)	10.80	2.47
	35-44	51 (11.9)	10.86	2.12
	45-54	40 (9.3)	11.73	2.38
	>55	20 (4.7)	10.55	2.13
Gender	Male	168 (39.3)	9.83	2.43	0.03
	Female	260 (60.7)	10.98	2.30
Diabetes status	No	372 (8.9)	10.93	2.40	0.75
	Yes	56 (13.1)	10.36	2.40
Education Level	Primary	25 (5.8)	10.15	2.60	0.32
	High school	140 (32.7)	10.80	2.47
	University	214 (50.0)	11.01	2.27
	Other	49 (11.4)	10.82	2.44
Employment Status	Employed	179 (41.8)	10.98	2.52	0.61
	Not Employed or retired	249 (58.2)	10.76	2.20
Insurance Status	Have insurance	106 (24.8)	11.08	2.59	0.23
	No Insurance	322 (75.2)	10.78	2.62
Marital Status	Single	248 (57.9)	10.86	2.46	0.46
	Married	169 (39.5)	10.90	2.31
	Divorced/Widow	11 (2.6)	11.10	1.74
Nationality	Local	45 (10.5)	11.41	2.86
	Arabs	206 (48.1)	11.01	2.27	0.04
	European	17 (4.0)	10.23	1.66
	USA	18 (4.2)	10.80	1.76
	South Asians	81 (18.9)	10.70	2.38
	Others	61 (14.3)	10.30	2.63
Smoking	Yes	88 (20.5))	10.43	2.51
	No	340 (79.4)	10.97	2.41	0.01
Physically active	Yes	302 (70.6)	10.89	2.40
	No	126 (29.4)	10.79	2.54	0.71

Using t-test or ANOVA analysis and significant at p≤0.05.