Characteristics of dental care-seeking behavior and related sociodemographic factors in a middle-aged and elderly population in northeast China

Table 6 Logistic regression analysis of the association between residence categories and dental care-seeking behaviors

Variable	β^a	SE	Wald	df	P	OR	95 % CI
Middle-aged
Sex	0.166	0.158	1.104	1	0.293	1.181	0.866–1.610
Education level (1)	−0.294	0.397	0.549	1	0.459	0.745	0.342–1.623
Education level (2)	−0.134	0.369	0.133	1	0.716	0.874	0.424–1.803
Education level (3)	−0.215	0.380	0.319	1	0.572	0.807	0.383–1.700
Income	0.352	0.181	3.801	1	0.051	1.422	0.998–2.026
Residence^b	−0.432	0.158	7.501	1	0.006	0.649	0.447–0.884-
Elderly
Sex	−0.070	0.223	0.098	1	0.754	0.932	0.602–1.444
Education level (1)	0.585	0.308	3.612	1	0.057	1.795	0.982–3.281
Education level (2)	0.412	0.344	1.434	1	0.231	1.510	0.769–2.965
Education level (3)	0.629	0.384	2.687	1	0.101	1.876	0.884–3.982
Income	0.176	0.300	0.344	1	0.558	1.192	0.662–2.147
Residence^b	−0.505	0.217	5.391	1	0.020	0.604	0.394–0.924

^aMultivariable logistic regression analysis; ^bcomparing rural residence with urban residence

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