Malocclusion in Elementary School Children in Beirut: Severity and Related Social/Behavioral Factors

Table 1

Sociodemographic variables.

Characteristics	School type		value
	Public; ()	Private; ()
Age (years)	8.49 ± 1.59	8.57 ± 1.31	NS
	%	%
Gender
Males	52.8	46.2	NS
Females	47.2	53.8
Family income (LL)
<500,000	33.6	1.4	0.000
500,000–999,999	49.4	14.2
1,000,000–3,000,000	15.1	57.6
>3,000,000	2.1	26.4
Education of informant
Low (illiterate-primary-elementary)	45.4	7.7	0.000
Average (secondary-intermediate)	44.1	20.0
High (college/university)	10.5	72.4