Socioeconomic Factors and Oral Health-Related Behaviours Associated with Dental Caries in Preschool Children from Central Italy (Province of Ascoli Piceno)
Table 1
Socioeconomic factors associated with caries experience in the primary dentition (N = 514).
Socioeconomic factors
N
Caries experience in the primary dentition
value
“No” n (%)
“Yes” n (%)
Mother’s nationality
Italian, n (%)
259
228 (88.0%)
31 (11.0%)
0.001
Non-Italian, n (%)
30
13 (43.3%)
17 (56.7%)
Father’s nationality
Italian, n (%)
264
230 (87.2%)
34 (12.8%)
0.001
Non-Italian, n (%)
24
10 (41.7%)
14 (58.3%)
Income
Higher than €36.000, n (%)
39
35 (55.5%)
4 (44.5%)
0.001
Between €24.000 and €36.000, n (%)
80
70 (84.0%)
10 (16.0%)
Between €12.000 and €24.000, n (%)
106
89 (87.5%)
17 (12.5%)
Lower than €12.000, n (%)
36
20 (89.7%)
16 (10.3%)
Own residence
Yes, n (%)
221
192 (86.8%)
29 (13.2%)
0.002
No, n (%)
65
46 (70.8%)
19 (29.2%)
Mother’s title of study
University degree, n (%)
48
42 (87.5%)
6 (12.5%)
0.028
High school diploma, n (%)
158
137 (86.7%)
21 (13.3%)
Middle and primary school, n (%)
80
59 (73.7%)
21 (26.3%)
Father’s title of study
University degree, n (%)
27
25 (92.6%)
2 (7.4%)
0.157 ns
High school diploma, n (%)
152
129 (84.9%)
23 (15.1%)
Middle and primary school, n (%)
107
84 (78.5%)
23 (21.5%)
(χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test); (χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test); ns: not significant.
