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