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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample (parentheses contain row percentages unless otherwise indicated)

From: The effect of bitewing radiography on estimates of dental caries experience among children differs according to their disease experience

 

Sexa

Alla

 

Female

Male

 

Ethnicity

 Māori

78 (32.8)

85 (32.3)

163 (32.5)

 NonMāori

160 (67.2)

178 (67.7)

338 (67.5)

Age group (years)

 3–4

35 (14.8)

48 (18.5)

83 (16.7)

 5–6

140 (59.3)

146 (56.2)

286 (57.1)

 7–8

61 (25.8)

66 (25.4)

127 (25.4)

NZ deprivation scoreb

 1–3 (low)

45 (10.0)

72 (27.4)

117 (23.4)

 4–7 (medium)

90 (38.0)

96 (36.5)

186 (37.2)

 8–10 (high)

102 (43.0)

95 (36.1)

197 (39.4)

All combined

238 (47.5)

263 (52.5)

501 (100.0)

  1. aColumn %
  2. bThis is an area-based SES measure which allocates scores ranging from 1 (lowest deprivation) to 10 (highest deprivation)
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