The Effect of an Educational Intervention on Oral Health Literacy, Knowledge, and Behavior in Iranian Adolescents: A Theory-Based Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 4

The results of Pearson’s correlation test among the demographic characteristics.

		Age (years)	Household size	Father’s level of education	Mother’s level of education	Father’s occupation	Mother’s occupation	Oral health knowledge	Oral health behavior	Oral health literacy
Age (years)	Pearson correlation	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)
Household size	Pearson correlation	0.011	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.889
Father’s level of education	Pearson correlation	−0.181	−0.153	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.018	0.047
Mother’s level of education	Pearson correlation	−0.043	−0.226	0.710	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.576	0.003	0.000
Father’s occupation	Pearson correlation	−0.041	−0.118	0.174	0.097	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.594	0.127	0.023	0.208
Mother’s occupation	Pearson correlation	0.002	−0.147	0.294	0.448	−0.087	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.984	0.056	0.000	0.000	0.260
Oral health knowledge	Pearson correlation	−0.104	0.035	0.019	0.092	−0.033	.038	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.178	0.647	0.802	0.235	0.666	.625
Oral health behavior	Pearson correlation	−0.050	−0.065	0.130	0.104	−0.118	.085	.256	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.517	0.398	0.091	0.176	0.127	.271	.001
Oral health literacy	Pearson correlation	−0.060	0.027	0.124	0.135	−0.154	.125	.265	.355	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.441	0.727	0.109	0.080	0.046	.105	.000	.000

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).