Characteristics of Self-Rated Oral Health among Syrian Refugee Parents in Ontario

Table 1

Characteristics of study participants.

Factors	Number	Percentage (%)	Mean (SD)
Sociodemographic characteristics
Gender
Mother	329	60.9
Father	211	39.1
Age			39.7 (7.32)
Number of children			3.35 (1.47)
Education
None/elementary	101	18.7
Secondary high-school diploma	278	51.1
University	161	29.8
Working status
Yes	186	34.4
No	354	65.6
Canadian language self-rate			3.03 (1.23)
Migration-related factors
Lived in a refugee camp
Yes	62	11.5
No	472	87.4
Sponsorship
Governmental	202	37.4
Private	312	57.8
Blended and others	26	26
Years spent in Canada			4.28 (1.66)
Health-related factors
Physical health self-rate			2.89 (1.08)
Alcohol drinking
Yes	78	14.4
No	462	85.6
Smoking
Cigarettes or narghile	237	43.9
None	303	56.1
Mental health self-rate			3.06 (1.18)
Dental health-related factors
Dental health insurance
Complete coverage	25	4.6
Partial coverage	206	38.1
None	307	56.9
Emergency visits
Yes	393	72.8
No	140	25.9

Scale from 1 to 6 (1 = excellent and 6 = not at all); Scale from 1 to 5 (1 = excellent and 5 = poor).