Research Article
Common Perceptions of Periodontal Health and Illness among Adults: A Qualitative Study
Table 1
Characteristics of the participants in focus-group discussions.
| | Focus group 1: | Focus group 2: | Focus group 3: | Focus group 4: | older women | young women | young men | older men | () | () | () | () | (41, 32–47)* | (35, 30–39) | (41, 37–44) | (49, 42–54) |
| Gender | | | | | Male | | | 6 | 6 | Female | 22 | 12 | | | Socioeconomic area | | | | | Low | 22 | | 6 | | High | | 12 | | 6 | Education | | | | | Primary/secondary | 9 | 4 | 2 | | High school/Dipl. | 13 | 8 | | 2 | University | | | 4 | 4 |
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*Mean age, range.
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