Table 2 Differences in oral health-promoting behaviour by gender and educational attainment (n = 335, Slovak adults aged 18 to 68 years, data collected in 2015)
| Â | Dentist preventive check-ups or dental hygiene (yes) | Toothpaste with fluoride (yes) | Frequency of tooth-brushing (at last twice a day) | Bleeding of gums (never) | Using interdental floss or thread (yes) | Using a scraper or single brush (yes) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | N | % | n | % | |
Gender | ||||||||||||
 Men | 78 | 49.06 | 83 | 52.2 | 115 | 72.3 | 43 | 27.0 | 67 | 42.1 | 38 | 23.9 |
 Women | 123 | 59.89 | 101 | 57.4 | 147 | 83.5 | 51 | 29.0 | 110 | 62.5 | 37 | 21.00 |
 Difference significance | *** |  | ** |  | *** |  | ||||||
Education | ||||||||||||
 No university | 136 | 57.6 | 113 | 47.9 | 175 | 74.2 | 69 | 29.2 | 110 | 46.6 | 47 | 19.9 |
 University | 65 | 65.7 | 71 | 71.7 | 87 | 87.9 | 25 | 25.3 | 68 | 67.7 | 28 | 28.3 |
 Difference significance | *** | *** | ** |  | *** |  | ||||||
Age categories | ||||||||||||
 18–30 years | 75 | 55.1 | 76 | 55.9 | 114 | 83.8 | 36 | 26.5 | 83 | 61 | 23 | 16.9 |
 31–44 years | 51 | 60.7 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 76.2 | 26 | 31 | 47 | 56 | 19 | 22.6 |
 45–64 | 67 | 65.7 | 56 | 54.9 | 75 | 73.5 | 24 | 23.5 | 42 | 41.2 | 28 | 27.5 |
 ≥ 65 | 6 | 54.5 | 4 | 36.4 | 7 | 63.5 | 7 | 63.6 | 3 | 27.3 | 5 | 45.5 |
 Difference significance |  |  |  | * | ** |  | ||||||