Characteristics of Self-Rated Oral Health among Syrian Refugee Parents in Ontario
Table 2
Results of the bivariate and multivariate analyses of association between sociodemographic characteristics, migration-related factors, health-related factors, oral health-related factors, and self-rated oral health.
Factor
Unadjusted β (SE)
95% CI
p-Value
Adjusted β (SE)
95% CI
p-Value
Sociodemographic factors
Gendera
Father
0.07 (0.10)
−0.13 to −0.28
0.469
−0.09 (0.12)
−0.33 to −0.15
0.468
Age
0.01 (0.00)
0.00–0.03
0.011
0.01 (0.00)
−0.00 to −0.03
0.071
Number of children
0.14 (0.03)
0.07–0.21
<0.001
0.00 (0.04)
−0.08 to −0.08
0.982
Educationb
Secondary high-school diploma
−0.34 (0.13)
−0.62, −0.07
0.012
−0.13 (0.15)
−0.43 to −0.17
0.389
University
−0.75 (0.15)
−1.06, −0.45
<0.001
−0.33 (0.19)
−0.71 to −0.05
0.088
Working status
Yes
Ref
Ref
No
−0.28 (0.11)
−0.50, −0.07
0.009
−0.00 (0.12)
−0.24 to −0.23
0.990
Canadian language self-rate
0.22 (0.04)
0.14–0.30
<0.001
0.04 (0.05)
−0.06 to −0.15
0.450
Migration-related factors
Lived in a refugee camp
Yes
0.49 (0.16)
0.17–0.81
0.003
0.17 (0.16)
−0.14 to −0.49
0.280
No
Ref
Ref
Sponsorshipc
Private
−0.52 (0.11)
−0.74, −0.30
<0.001
−0.29 (0.12)
−0.54, −0.03
0.025
Blended
−0.36 (0.24)
−0.85 to −0.12
0.139
−0.15 (0.24)
−0.63 to −0.31
0.513
Years spent in Canada
−0.06 (0.03)
−0.12 to −0.00
0.088
−0.04 (0.03)
−0.11 to −0.04
0.197
Health-related factors
Physical health self-rate
0.28 (0.04)
0.19–0.38
<0.001
0.16 (0.05)
0.06–0.27
0.002
Alcohol drinking
Yes
−0.20 (0.15)
−0.49 to −0.09
0.182
0.03 (0.15)
−0.26 to −0.34
0.799
No
Ref
Ref
Smoking
Cigarettes or narghile
0.21 (0.10)
0.00–0.41
0.043
0.16 (0.10)
−0.04 to −0.37
0.118
None
Ref
Ref
Mental health self-rate
0.24 (0.04)
0.16–0.32
<0.001
0.09 (0.04)
0.00–0.19
0.044
Dental-health related factors
Dental health insuranced
Complete coverage
−1.01 (0.24)
−1.50, −0.053
<0.001
−0.83
−1.33 to −0.32
0.001
Partial coverage
−0.35 (0.11)
−0.57, −0.14
0.001
−0.24
−0.45, −0.02
0.028
Emergency visits
Yes
0.58 (0.11)
0.35–0.81
<0.001
0.28
0.04–0.52
0.018
No
Ref
Ref
Scale from 1 to 6 (1 = excellent and 6 = not at all), Scale from 1 to 5 (1 = excellent and 5 = poor). Reference category: amothers, bnone/elementary education, cgovernmental sponsorship, and dnone (having no insurance). Bold values are significant at α = 0.05.
