Table 3 Showing the relationship between socio-demographic features and daily frequency of tooth cleaning
Socio-demographic variable | Daily frequency of tooth cleaning | Total (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Varies (%) | Not daily (%) | Once (%) | Twice (%) | More than twice (%) | ||
Age category | ||||||
<20 years | 74 (15.5) | 3 (0.6) | 131 (27.4) | 234 (49.0) | 36 (7.5) | 478 (6.3) |
20–29 years | 277 (16.0) | 21 (1.2) | 546 (31.5) | 786 (45.4) | 103 (5.9) | 1733 (22.7) |
30–39 years | 306 (15.0) | 16 (0.8) | 770 (37.9) | 830 (40.9) | 111 (5.5) | 2031 (26.6) |
40–49 years | 220 (12.0) | 20 (1.1) | 696 (37.9) | 824 (44.8) | 78 (4.2) | 1838 (24.1) |
50 – 59 years | 123 (12.4) | 15 (1.5) | 435 (43.9) | 346 (34.9) | 72 (7.3) | 991 (13.0) |
60 years and above | 57 (10.2) | 10 (1.8) | 254 (45.4) | 187 (33.5) | 51 (9.1) | 559 (7.3) |
Χ2 = 137.13 df = 20 p < 0.001 | ||||||
Gender | ||||||
Female | 569 (13.4) | 23 (0.5) | 1550 (36.5) | 1906 (45.0) | 197 (4.6) | 4245 (55.6) |
Male | 486 (14.4) | 62 (1.8) | 1282 (37.9) | 1301 (38.4) | 254 (7.5) | 3385 (44.4) |
Χ2 = 75.14 df = 4 p < 0.001 | ||||||
Educational Status | ||||||
Unspecified | 44 (4.7) | 11 (1.2) | 285 (30.1) | 399 (42.2) | 44 (4.7) | 946 (12.4) |
None | 52 (7.4) | 23 (3.3) | 270 (38.7) | 245 (35.1) | 52 (7.4) | 698 (9.1) |
Primary school | 51 (5.9) | 9 (1.0) | 363 (42.1) | 307 (35.6) | 51 (5.9) | 862 (11.3) |
Secondary school | 143 (7.4) | 28 (1.4) | 701 (34.2) | 896 (43.7) | 143 (7.0) | 2049 (26.9) |
Tertiary institution | 161 (5.2) | 14 (0.5) | 1213 (39.4) | 1360 (44.2) | 161 (5.2) | 3075 (40.3) |
Χ2 = 173.72 df = 16 p < 0.001 | ||||||
Occupation | ||||||
Unspecified | 274 (20.60 | 13 (1.0) | 439 (33.0) | 530 (39.8) | 76 (5.7) | 1332 (17.5) |
Student | 98 (18.9) | 2 (0.4) | 159 (30.7) | 233 (45.0) | 26 (5.0) | 518 (6.8) |
Unskilled worker | 301 (15.6) | 43 (2.2) | 713 (37.0) | 753 (39.1) | 113 (6.0) | 1925 (25.2) |
Skilled worker | 314 (14.4) | 17 (0.8) | 804 (36.8) | 901 (41.2) | 149 (6.8) | 2185 (28.6) |
Very skilled worker | 68 (4.1) | 10 (0.6) | 717 (42.9) | 790 (47.3) | 85 (5.1) | 1670 (21.9) |
Χ2 = 254.95 df = 16 p < 0.001 | ||||||
Geo-political Zone | ||||||
North-Central | 306 (16.4) | 13 (0.7) | 617 (33.1) | 832 (44.7) | 94 (5.0) | 1862 (24.4) |
North-West | 258 (21.7) | 36 (3.0) | 305(25.7) | 483 (40.7) | 106 (8.9) | 1188 (15.6) |
South-East | 73 (4.4) | 24 (1.4) | 666 (39.7) | 784 (46.8) | 129 (7.7) | 1676 (22.0) |
South-South | 13 (3.2) | 8 (1.9) | 172 (41.8) | 195 (47.4) | 23 (5.6) | 411 (5.4) |
South-West | 405 (16.2) | 4 (0.2) | 1072 (43.0) | 913 (36.6) | 99 (4.0) | 2493 (32.7) |
Χ2 = 439.3 df = 16 p < 0.001 | ||||||
TOTAL | 1055 (13.8) | 85 (1.1) | 2832 (37.1) | 3207 (42.1) | 451 (5.9) | 7630 (100.0) |