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Table 4 Showing the relationship between socio-demographic features and duration of tooth cleaning

From: Self-rated oral health status, oral health service utilization, and oral hygiene practices among adult Nigerians

 

Duration of tooth cleaning

 

Socio-demographic variable

Less than 2 minutes (%)

More than 2 minutes (%)

More than 5 minutes (%)

Not sure (%)

Total (%)

Age category

     

<20 years

105 (22.0)

142 (29.7)

117 (24.5)

114 (23.8)

478 (6.3)

20–29 years

413 (23.8)

597 (34.4)

434 (25.0)

289 (16.7)

1733 (22.7)

30–39 years

508 (25.0)

765 (37.2)

450 (22.2)

317 (15.6)

2013 (26.6)

40–49 years

440 (23.9)

649 (35.3)

506 (27.5)

243 (13.2)

1838 (24.1)

50 – 59 years

290 (29.3)

304 (30.7)

273 (27.5)

124 (12.50

991 (13.0)

60 years and above

126 922.5)

175 (31.3)

198 (35.4)

60 (10.7)

559 (7.3)

 

Χ2 = 104.88 df = 15 p < 0.001

 

Gender

     

Female

1005 (23.7)

1505 (35.5)

1111(26.2)

624 (14.7)

4245 (55.6)

Male

877 (25.9)

1118(33.0)

867 (25.6)

523 (15.5)

3385 (44.4)

 

Χ2 = 8.196 df = 4 p = 0.085

 

Educational Status

     

Missing

192 (20.3)

223 (23.6)

194 (20.5)

337 (35.6)

946 (12.4)

None

194 (27.8)

155 (22.2)

230 (33.0)

119 (17.0)

698 (9.1)

Primary school

237 (27.5)

223 (27.0)

264 (30.6)

128 (14.8)

862 (11.3)

Secondary school

497 (24.3)

688 (33.5)

595 (29.0)

269 (13.1)

2049 (26.9)

Tertiary institution

762 (24.8)

1324 (43.0)

695 (22.6)

294 (9.6)

3075 940.3)

 

Χ2 = 548.21 df = 12 p < 0.001

 

Occupation

     

None

327 (24.50

360 (27.1)

297 (22.3)

348 (26.1)

1332 (17.5)

Student

118 (22.8)

190 (36.7)

113(21.8)

97 (18.7)

518 (6.8)

Unskilled worker

496 925.8)

517 (26.9)

584 (30.3)

328 (17.0)

1925 (25.2)

Skilled worker

529 (24.2)

803 (36.8)

562 (25.7)

297 (13.3)

2185 (28.6)

Very skilled worker

412 (24.7)

753 (45.1)

422 (25.3)

83 (5.0)

1670 (21.9)

 

Χ2 = 675.114 df = 12 p < 0.001

 

Geo-political Zone

     

North-Central

473 (25.4)

595 (32.0)

453 (24.3)

341 (18.3)

1862 (24.4)

North-West

297 925.0)

193 (16.3)

226 (19.0)

472 (39.7)

1188 (15.6)

South-East

477 (28.5)

652 (38.9)

437 (26.1)

110 (6.6)

1676 (22.0)

South-South

151 (36.7)

149 (36.3)

75 (18.2)

36 (8.8)

411 (5.4)

South-West

484 (19.4)

1034 (41.5)

787 (31.6)

188 (7.5)

2493 (32.7)

 

Χ2 = 968.99 df = 12 p < 0.001

 

TOTAL

1882 (24.7)

2623 (34.4)

1978 (25.9)

1147 (15.0)

7630 (100.0)