Table 1 Characteristics of the surveys and samples, 2004–2012
Estonia | Lithuania | |
|---|---|---|
n (response rate, %) | n (response rate, %) | |
Study year | ||
2004 | 2781 (63) | 1807 (62) |
2006 | 2585 (59) | 1739 (59) |
2008 | 2758 (62) | 1731 (61) |
2010 | 2842 (62) | 1972 (54) |
2012 | 2784 (62) | 1785 (52) |
Characteristics of the samples (%)a | ||
(n = 13,750) | (n = 9034) | |
Gender | ||
Men | 41 (43, 42, 42) | 41 (43, 42, 40) |
Women | 59 (57, 58, 58) | 59 (57, 58, 60) |
Age | ||
20–34 | 33 (33, 33, 30) | 30 (31, 29, 27) |
35–49 | 33 (33, 34, 32) | 37 (38, 39, 37) |
50–64 | 35 (33, 33, 37) | 33 (31, 32, 36) |
Ethnicity | ||
Main | 70 (68, 69, 72) | 87 (86, 87, 87) |
Other | 31 (32, 31, 28) | 13 (14, 12, 13) |
Missing | 0 (0, 0, 0) | 1 (1, 1, 0) |
Education | ||
High | 25 (19, 26, 29) | 26 (24, 29, 27) |
Mid | 62 (65, 62, 60) | 64 (63, 64, 65) |
Low | 13 (15, 12, 11) | 10 (13, 7, 8) |
Missing | 0 (1, 1, 0) | 0 (0, 0, 1) |
Economic activity | ||
Employed | 72 (72, 77, 70) | 75 (72, 80, 74) |
Non-employed | 27 (27, 23, 28) | 24 (27, 19, 25) |
Missing | 1 (1, 1, 2) | 1 (1, 1, 2) |
Dental visits | ||
Yes | 49 (46, 53, 49) | 64 (62, 68, 65) |
No | 51 (54, 47, 51) | 36 (38, 32, 35) |
Toothache | ||
Yes | 15 (17, 13, 14) | 13 (13, 12, 14) |
No | 84 (82, 85, 84) | 87 (87, 88, 87) |
Missing | 2 (1, 2, 2) | 0 (0, 0, 0) |
Missing teeth | ||
No | 22 (18, 25, 23) | 19 (16, 21, 20) |
1–5 | 47 (48, 48, 47) | 48 (48, 47, 47) |
> 6 | 30 (33, 27, 30) | 32 (34, 29, 32) |
Missing | 1 (1, 1, 0) | 2 (2, 3, 1) |