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Table 2 Descriptive statistics (proportion %) of socio-economic status with regard to low and high oral health-related quality of life (OHRQL)

From: Oral health-related quality of life, sense of coherence and dental anxiety: An epidemiological cross-sectional study of middle-aged women

Variables

Total group

Low OHRQL

High OHRQL

p

N

493

86

407

 

Marital status %

   

n.s.

Single

50.5

56.5

49.0

 

Cohabiting

49.5

43.5

51.0

 

Social group %

   

0.006

Low

28.9

41.7

25.7

 

Medium

49.7

45.2

50.7

 

High

21.4

13.1

23.5

 

Education %

   

0.002

Low

8.1

15.3

6.7

 

Medium

38.9

47.1

37.4

 

High

52.9

37.6

55.9

 

Income %

   

<0.001

Low

22.2

34.5

19.2

 

Medium

58.2

60.7

58.2

 

High

19.6

4.8

22.6