Table 2 Distribution of study participants who had utilized oral health care services before referral by socio-economic status, family structure and distance (N = 1406)
Variables | Oral health care service utilization | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 132 | N = 1,274 | |||
Yes (n %) | No (n %) | Total (n %) | P value | |
Socio-economic status | <0.001 | |||
High | 85(64.4) | 436(34.2) | 521(37.1) | |
Middle | 31(23.5) | 408(32.0) | 439(31.2) | |
Low | 16(12.1) | 430(33.8) | 446(31.7) | |
Type of family | 0.41 | |||
Monogamy | 124(93.9) | 1217(95.5) | 1361(93.2) | |
Polygamy | 8(6.1) | 57(4.5) | 65(6.8) | |
Form of parenthood | 0.003 | |||
Both parents | 125(94.7) | 1061(83.3) | 1186(84.4) | |
One parent | 1(0.8) | 46(3.5) | 46(3.3) | |
Guardian | 6(4.5) | 174(13.2) | 174(12.3) | |
Birth rank | 0.53 | |||
Only child | 5(3.8) | 33(2.6) | 38(2.3) | |
First child | 26(19.7) | 307(24.1) | 333(23.7) | |
Last child | 33(25.0) | 277(21.7) | 310(22.0) | |
Others | 68(51.5) | 657(51.6) | 725(51.6) | |
Number of siblings | 0.10 | |||
0 | 5(3.8) | 33(2.6) | 38(2.7) | |
1–2 | 28(21.2) | 217(17.0) | 245(17.5) | |
3–4 | 60(45.5) | 510(40.1) | 570(40.5) | |
>4 | 39(29.5) | 514(40.3) | 553(39.3) | |