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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: What are we doing to our babies’ teeth?” Barriers to establishing oral health practices for Indigenous children in South Australia

 

Participants (N = 227)

N (%)

Maternal age

 

 16–24

77 (33.9%)

 25+

150 (66.1%)

Children in care1

 

 1–3

142 (67.6%)

 4+

68 (32.4%)

Employment2

 

 Full time

20 (9.5%)

 Part time

44 (20.9%)

 Unemployed

147 (69.6%)

Residential location

 

 Metropolitan

129 (56.8%)

 Non-metropolitan

98 (43.2%)

  1. 1N = 210 (data not available for all included participants)
  2. 2N = 211 (data not available for all included participant)