Magnitude and Determinants of Dental Anxiety among Adult Patients Attending Public Dental Clinics in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania

Table 1

Distribution of study participants according to sociodemographic characteristics.

Sociodemographic characteristics	Participants
	Male (n = 123)	Female (n = 177)	Total (n = 300)
Age groups (years)
<40	106 (86.2%)	136 (76.8%)	242 (80.7%)
40+	17 (13.8%)	41 (23.2%)	58 (19.3%)
Marital status
With partner	58 (47.2%)	79 (44.6%)	137 (45.7%)
Without partner	65 (52.8%)	98 (55.4%)	163 (54.3%)
Residence
Urban	27 (22.0%)	42 (23.7%)	69 (23.0%)
Suburban	96 (78.0%)	135 (76.3%)	231 (77.0%)
Education
Low level	26 (21.1%)	24 (13.6%)	50 (16.7%)
High level	97 (78.9%)	153 (86.4%)	250 (83.3%)
Occupation
Informal employment	42 (34.1%)	87 (49.2%)	129 (43.0%)
Employment (public)	24 (19.5%)	34 (19.2%)	58 (19.3%)
Employment (private)	57 (46.3%)	56 (31.6%)	69 (23.0%)