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

Table 3

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

		Level of oral health practices		value
		Not acceptable	Acceptable
Sociodemographic variables
Sex	Male	65 (33.0%)	132 (67.0%)	0.034
	Female	83 (43.5%)	108 (56.5%)
Age (years)	18–34	83 (38.6%)	132 (61.4%)	0.835
	35+	65 (37.6%)	108 (62.4%)
Level of education	Not gone to school	19 (51.4%)	18 (48.6%)	0.001
	Seven years of education	113 (44.0%)	144 (56.0%)
	More than seven years of education	16 (17.0%)	78 (83.0%)
Socioeconomic variables
Owning a cell phone	Yes	100 (34.6%)	189 (65.4%)	0.014
	No	48 (48.5%)	51 (51.5%)
Owning a radio	Yes	103 (34.6%)	195 (65.4%)	0.008
	No	45 (50.0%)	45 (50.0%)
House having electricity	Yes	10 (22.2%)	35 (77.8%)	0.019
	No	138 (40.2%)	205 (59.8%)