Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the sample of preschool children aged 2–6 years in Beijing, China (n = 1425)
From: Oral health service utilization patterns among preschool children in Beijing, China
Variables | Numbers | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Predisposing factors | ||
Gender | ||
Male | 735 | 51.6% |
Female | 690 | 48.4% |
Age | ||
≤3 years old | 506 | 35.5% |
> 3 years old | 919 | 64.5% |
Occupation of parent or caregiver | ||
Administrator/Professional | 848 | 59.5% |
Other | 577 | 40.5% |
Final education degree of the parent or caregiver | ||
High school or lower | 460 | 32.3% |
University or college | 591 | 41.5% |
Master’s degree or higher | 374 | 26.3% |
Parental oral health knowledge and attitude score | ||
< 5 | 663 | 46.5% |
≥ 5 | 762 | 73.5% |
Enabling factors | ||
Annual household income | ||
≤100,000 CNY | 683 | 47.9% |
> 100,000 CNY | 742 | 52.1% |
Regular resource of oral health care | ||
Yes | 994 | 69.7% |
No | 431 | 30.3% |
Need factors | ||
Parental perceived oral health status of the child | ||
Excellent/good | 882 | 61.9% |
Fair | 393 | 27.6% |
Poor | 150 | 10.5% |
Parental report of dental pain in the past 12 months | ||
Yes | 336 | 23.6% |
No | 1015 | 71.2% |
Unknown | 74 | 5.2% |
Dmft value | ||
dmft = 0 | 649 | 45.5% |
dmft > 0 | 776 | 54.5% |