Knowledge and Practices on Periodontal Health among Adults, Misungwi, Tanzania

Table 2

Distribution of the participant’s level of knowledge on periodontal health by sociodemographic and socioeconomic variables.

		Level of oral health knowledge		value
		Not knowledgeable	Knowledgeable
Sociodemographic variables
Sex	Male	96 (48.7%)	101 (51.3%)	0.018
	Female	116 (60.7%)	75 (39.3%)
Age (years)	18–34	109 (50.7%)	106 (49.3%)	0.082
	35+	103 (59.3%)	70 (40.5%)
Level of education	Not gone to school	30 (81.1%)	7 (18.9%)	0.0001
	Seven years of education	156 (60.7%)	101 (39.3%)
	More than seven years of education	26 (27.7%)	68 (72.3%)
Socioeconomic variables
Owning a cell phone	Yes	146 (50.5%)	143 (49.5%)	0.005
	No	66 (66.7%)	33 (33.3%)
Owning a radio	Yes	154 (51.7%)	144 (48.3%)	0.033
	No	58 (64.4%)	32 (35.6%)
Houses having electricity	No	204 (59.5%)	139 (40.5%)	0.0001
	Yes	8 (17.8%)	37 (82.2%)