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Table 4 Univariate analysis between the control variables and the child’s toothbrushing frequency (n = 1332)

From: The relationship between children’s oral health-related behaviors and their caregiver’s social support

Variables

Frequency of toothbrushing

≤once/day

≥twice/day

P-value

n (%)

n (%)

 

Gender

 Boy

513 (57.3)

218 (50.0)

 

 Girl

383 (42.7)

218 (50.0)

0.013*

Single child

 Yes

600 (67.0)

336 (77.1)

 

 No

296 (33.0)

100 (22.9)

<0.001*

Caregivers

 Mother

755 (84.3)

386 (88.5)

 

 Father

53 (5.9)

19 (4.4)

 

 Grandparent

88 (9.8)

31 (7.1)

0.113*

Marital status of parents

 Cohabiting

878 (98.0)

431 (98.9)

 

 Not cohabiting

5 (2.0)

18 (1.1)

0.257*

Mother’s education

  ≤ high school graduated

545 (60.8)

182 (41.7)

 

  ≥ university graduated

351 (39.2)

254 (58.3)

<0.001*

Mother’s occupation

 Unemployed

180 (20.1)

68 (15.6)

 

 Employee/non-professional

543 (60.6)

251 (57.6)

 

 Employer/professional

173 (19.3)

117 (36.8)

0.004*

Father’s education

  ≤ high school graduated

509 (56.8)

168 (38.5)

 

  ≥ university graduated

387 (43.2)

268 (61.5)

<0.001*

Father’s occupation

 Unemployed

37 (4.1)

15 (3.4)

 

 Employee/non-professional

585 (65.3)

261 (59.9)

 

 Employer/professional

274 (30.6)

160 (36.7)

0.079*

Family monthly income (per-capital)

 < 2000 RMB

195 (21.8)

67 (15.4)

0.002*

 2000-4999 RMB

374 (41.7)

172 (39.4)

 

  ≥ 5000 RMB

327 (36.5)

197 (45.2)

 

Caregiver’s toothbrushing frequency

  ≤ once/day

346 (38.6)

59 (13.5)

 

  ≥ twice/day

550 (61.4)

377 (86.5)

<0.001*

 

Mean(SD)

Mean(SD)

 

Caregiver’s oral health knowledge score

8.7 (4.0)

9.9 (3.5)

<0.001**

Caregiver’s oral health attitude score

6.2 (1.4)

6.4 (1.3)

0.010**

  1. (*by Chi-square test; **by t-test). A p value of 0.05 was set as the level of significance
  2. Bold data is a p value set as the level of significance