Table 3 Number of dental appointments by occupational category and location
From: A national cross-sectional survey of dental anxiety in the French adult population
Variables | Number of dental appointments | Number of dental appointments/variables | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Never | 01–10 | 10–20 | 20–50 | More than 50 | ||||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | p values | ||
Occupational category | farmers | 13 | 13.5 | 12 | 12.5 | 30 | 31.3 | 32 | 33.3 | 9 | 9.4 | p < 0.01 |
manual workers | 2 | 1.3 | 12 | 7.8 | 23 | 14.9 | 59 | 38.3 | 58 | 37.7 | ||
technicians | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 6.4 | 119 | 14.1 | 326 | 38.5 | 347 | 41.0 | ||
employees | 8 | 1.3 | 60 | 9.8 | 136 | 22.3 | 237 | 38.9 | 169 | 27.7 | ||
shopkeepers | 2 | 0.8 | 46 | 18.5 | 77 | 30.9 | 90 | 36.1 | 34 | 13.7 | ||
executives | 4 | 1.1 | 34 | 9.4 | 66 | 18.3 | 130 | 36.1 | 126 | 35.0 | ||
Urban distribution | countryside | 3 | 0.7 | 31 | 6.8 | 78 | 17.1 | 181 | 39.8 | 162 | 35.6 | p < 0.01 |
city > 100,000 inhabitants | 7 | 0.9 | 91 | 11.4 | 123 | 15.5 | 313 | 39.4 | 261 | 32.8 | ||
city < 100,000 inhabitants | 23 | 2.4 | 89 | 9.3 | 244 | 25.5 | 338 | 35.4 | 262 | 27.4 | ||
Paris | 3 | 0.7 | 36 | 8.5 | 56 | 13.2 | 167 | 39.3 | 163 | 38.4 | ||
overseas territories | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 25.4 | 35 | 28.7 | 37 | 30.3 | 19 | 15.6 | ||