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Table 3 Marginal effects of dental insurance on dental visiting behaviours. Analysis is shown for the study population and for income, education and age group strata. For each outcome, overall proportion, proportion stratified by dental insurance status, and marginal effect of having dental insurance are shown with 95% confidence intervals. Analysis is modelled in logistic regression and adjusted for age, sex, dental insurance, income quintile, household education, self-perceived general health, geographic peer group, and having at least one of your own teeth

From: Providing dental insurance can positively impact oral health outcomes in Ontario

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Visiting a dentist in past 12ā€‰months a

Visiting a dentist only for emergencies a

Overall Proportion

No dental insurance

Yes dental insurance

Marginal effect

Overall Proportion

No dental insurance

Yes dental insurance

Marginal effect

All

71.2 (70.4, 71.9)

56.6 (55.0, 58.2)

79.4 (78.5, 80.4)

22.8 (20.9, 24.7)

20.7 (20.0, 21.4)

32.3 (30.8, 33.8)

13.2 (12.4, 14.0)

āˆ’19.1 (āˆ’ā€‰20.9, āˆ’ā€‰17.4)

Income quintile

ā€ƒLowest

61.1 (59.0, 63.3)

43.1 (40.5, 45.7)

70.2 (68.0, 72.5)

27.2 (25.0, 29.3)

31.2 (29.2, 33.2)

49.1 (46.2, 51.9)

21.9 (19.9, 24.0)

āˆ’27.2 (āˆ’29.5, āˆ’24.8)

ā€ƒLower middle

67.2 (65.3, 69.1)

50.3 (47.7, 52.9)

75.9 (73.9, 77.9)

25.6 (23.5, 27.7)

24.4 (22.7, 26.0)

39.7 (37.1, 42.3)

16.1 (14.6, 17.7)

āˆ’23.5 (āˆ’25.7, āˆ’21.4)

ā€ƒMiddle

72.3 (70.7, 74.0)

56.9 (54.3, 59.5)

80.4 (78.9, 81.9)

23.5 (21.4, 25.6)

18.1 (16.5, 19.6)

30.2 (27.5, 32.9)

11.3 (10.0, 12.5)

āˆ’18.9 (āˆ’21.0, āˆ’16.9)

ā€ƒUpper middle

76.2 (74.6, 77.8)

62.2 (59.6, 64.9)

83.7 (82.3, 85.0)

21.5 (19.4, 23.5)

15.0 (13.7, 16.3)

25.3 (22.9, 27.7)

9.0 (8.0, 10.0)

āˆ’16.3 (āˆ’18.2, āˆ’ā€‰14.3)

ā€ƒHighest

81.6 (80.1, 83.1)

70.1 (67.6, 72.7)

88.0 (86.8, 89.1)

17.9 (15.9, 19.8)

10.1 (8.9, 11.3)

17.2 (15.1, 19.4)

5.7 (4.9, 6.5)

āˆ’11.5 (āˆ’13.2, āˆ’9.9)

Household Education

ā€ƒā€‰<ā€‰Than secondary

63.0 (60.1, 65.8)

46.0 (42.3, 49.7)

71.9 (69.1, 74.8)

25.9 (23.7, 28.2)

26.6 (23.7, 29.5)

41.2 (36.8, 45.7)

17.9 (15.4, 20.5)

āˆ’23.3 (āˆ’26.0, āˆ’20.6)

ā€ƒSecondary graduate

67.3 (65.4, 69.2)

51.3 (48.5, 54.1)

76.0 (74.2, 77.9)

24.7 (22.5, 26.9)

24.5 (22.8, 26.2)

38.3 (35.4, 41.1)

16.2 (14.6, 17.7)

āˆ’22.1 (āˆ’24.4, āˆ’19.9)

ā€ƒSome post secondary

69.4 (65.0, 73.8)

54.0 (48.1, 59.9)

77.9 (74.0, 81.9)

23.9 (21.2, 26.6)

24.0 (19.5, 28.4)

37.5 (31.0, 44.0)

15.7 (12.0, 19.4)

āˆ’21.8 (āˆ’ā€‰25.1, āˆ’18.4)

ā€ƒPost secondary graduate

72.7 (71.8, 73.6)

58.3 (56.6, 60.0)

80.8 (79.8, 81.8)

22.5 (20.6, 24.4)

19.1 (18.3, 19.9)

30.4 (28.8, 31.9)

11.9 (11.0, 12.7)

āˆ’18.5 (āˆ’ā€‰20.2, āˆ’ā€‰16.8)

Age

ā€ƒ12ā€“17

83.4 (81.4, 85.4)

74.0 (70.8, 77.3)

89.5 (87.9, 91.0)

15.4 (13.3, 17.5)

11.9 (9.9, 13.9)

18.8 (15.4, 22.1)

6.8 (5.4, 8.1)

āˆ’12.0 (āˆ’ā€‰14.2, āˆ’9.8)

ā€ƒ18ā€“34

64.7 (63.2, 66.3)

48.2 (45.7, 50.6)

73.6 (71.9, 75.2)

25.4 (23.2, 27.5)

22.7 (21.3, 24.2)

35.3 (32.9, 37.7)

14.8 (13.4, 16.1)

āˆ’20.5 (āˆ’ā€‰22.5, āˆ’ā€‰18.5)

ā€ƒ35ā€“49

68.7 (66.9, 70.4)

53.2 (50.5, 55.9)

77.2 (75.6, 78.9)

24.0 (21.8, 26.2)

23.3 (21.5, 25.0)

36.0 (33.1, 39.0)

15.2 (13.7, 16.8)

āˆ’20.8 (āˆ’ā€‰23.0, āˆ’ā€‰18.6)

ā€ƒ50ā€“64

73.1 (71.4, 74.7)

59.1 (56.6, 61.6)

81.1 (79.6, 82.7)

22.0 (20.1, 24.0)

20.6 (19.3, 22.0)

32.2 (29.9, 34.5)

13.1 (11.9, 14.3)

āˆ’19.1 (āˆ’ā€‰21.0, āˆ’ā€‰17.1)

ā€ƒ65+

76.0 (74.7, 77.2)

63.1 (61.2, 65.1)

83.6 (82.2, 84.9)

20.4 (18.8, 22.1)

18.9 (17.7, 20.0)

29.6 (27.7, 31.4)

11.8 (10.6, 12.9)

āˆ’17.8 (āˆ’ā€‰19.4, āˆ’ā€‰16.2)

  1. a ā€“ 42,553 sample representing 11,682,112 Ontarians