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Table 3 Multiple logistic regression for association between treatment need and socioenvironmental profile

From: Socioeconomic and family influences on dental treatment needs among Brazilian underprivileged schoolchildren participating in a dental health program

 

With curative dental need

Without curative dental need

 
 

Total

n

%

n

%

OR

CI 95%

p

Monthly family income

≤ 1 minimum wage*

385

179

46.5

206

53.3

Ref

  

> 1 minimum wage

942

334

35.5

608

64.5

0.73

0.567-0.944

0.0162

Number of residents in the house

> 4 persons

698

287

41.0

411

59.0

Ref

  

≤ 4 persons

679

244

36.0

435

64.0

0.77

0.615-0.973

0.0281

Home ownership

No

556

236

42.5

320

57.5

Ref

  

Yes

827

298

36.0

529

64.0

0.78

0.623-0.994

0.0440

Children living with both biological parents

No

511

225

44.0

286

56.0

Ref

  

Yes

859

302

35.1

557

64.9

0.72

0.570-0.923

0.0091

  1. Piracicaba, Brazil, 2011.
  2. *Minimum wage at the time of data collection, approximately US$ 290,00.
  3. OR = Odds Ratio.
  4. CI = Confidence Intervals.
  5. Reference levels of dependent variable: treatment need.