Table 2 Socioeconomic disparities in self-rated oral health and dental care
N (%) | Poor oral health (%) | Refrained from dental treatment for financial reasons during the last three months (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Educational level | Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total | ||
Higher education | 1730 (29) | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | |
Upper secondary school | 2746 (47) | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 9 | |
Elementary school | 1422 (24) | 9 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | |
Family status | ||||||||
Cohabitant without children | 3071 (52) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | |
Cohabitant with children | 964 (16) | 7 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 11 | |
Single | 1198 (20) | 11 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | |
Single with children | 192 (3) | 12 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 18 | |
Other | 485 (8) | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | |
Country of birth | ||||||||
Sweden | 5058 (85) | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | |
Other Nordic country | 461 (8) | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | |
Outside Nordic countries | 442 (9) | 12 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 17 | 20 | |
Employment status | ||||||||
Employed | 2530 (45) | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | |
Self-employed | 278 (5) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | |
Student | 433 (8) | 5 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 11 | |
Retired | 1880 (33) | 8 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
Unemployed | 200 (4) | 15 | 21 | 17 | 24 | 21 | 23 | |
Disability pensioner | 167 (3) | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 22 | |
Long-term sick leave | 150 (3) | 14 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 16 | |
Cash margin | ||||||||
Yes | 4819 (82) | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
No | 1089 (19) | 17 | 23 | 19 | 27 | 25 | 26 | |
Total | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | ||