Sociodemographic Variation of Caries Risk Factors in Toddlers and Caregivers
Table 1
Relationships of race/ethnicity, education, and income with questionnaire responses for demographics and access to care. Association of PCG education with race/ethnicity was tested using ANOVA. Remaining analyses were performed for each questionnaire item using multivariable logistic regression models with race/ethnicity, income, and education as predictors. Race/ethnicity -values are for the overall test of any difference among the three groups. Questionnaire item numbers are listed in the left-most column (see the appendix for questionnaire). (%) for race/ethnicity, odds ratio (OR) for Education and Income. NH-AA = Non-Hispanic African-American, NH-W = Non-Hispanic White.
PCG race/ethnicity
PCG education
PCG income
Hispanic ()
NH-AA ()
NH-W ()
-value
OR
-value
OR
-value
Q83
PCG education
.0001
Less than high school
13 (17%)
0 (0%)
3 (2%)
1–3 years high school
20 (27%)
33 (19%)
20 (14%)
4 years high school
22 (29%)
66 (38%)
45 (32%)
1–3 years college
12 (16%)
46 (26%)
35 (25%)
4 years college
6 (8%)
21 (12%)
28 (20%)
Postgraduate
2 (3%)
9 (5%)
10 (7%)
Q94
Difficult to understand info from dentist/MD
23(31%)
7(4%)
10(7%)
.0025
0.4
.0001
1.0
.8900
Q34
City drinking water
33(44%)
92(53%)
99(70%)
.0006
1.0
.8273
0.9
.2416
Q17
Child has a dentist
21(28%)
61(35%)
56(40%)
.2266
1.3
.0200
1.0
.4234
Q18
Child has been to a dentist
16(21%)
49(28%)
28(20%)
.2657
1.1
.6861
0.9
.5401
Q46
Child to physician if only if in pain/sick
7(9%)
29(17%)
28(20%)
.1369
0.9
.5682
1.1
.4226
Q74
PCG has a dentist
22(29%)
92(53%)
100(71%)
.0003
1.4
.0062
1.2
.0008
Q47
PCG to dentist for regular checkups
20(27%)
74(42%)
76(54%)
.0998
1.2
.0674
1.2
.0030
Q47
PCG never to dentist
29(39%)
30(17%)
15(11%)
.0047
0.6
.0065
0.9
.2742
Q48
PCG to physician if only if in pain/sick
31(41%)
55(31%)
78(55%)
.0001
1.2
.2364
0.9
.1303
Q48
PCG to physician for regular checkups
41(55%)
132(75%)
73(52%)
.0001
0.8
.0776
1.2
.0186
The comparison of PCG education levels among race/ethnicity groups was not adjusted for income.
