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Table 1 Frequency distribution (%, n) according to sociodemographic characteristics and dental treatment availability among school children in Khartoum state, the Sudan

From: Oral health status of 12-year-old school children in Khartoum state, the Sudan; a school-based survey

Sociodemographic characteristics

Public schools

%(n)

Private schools %(n)

Total sample %(n)

Representative

sample % *

P

Value #

Father's education

     

   Low

19.9 (111)

4.2 (23)

12.0 (134)

18.1

 

   Medium

52.2 (291)

28.6 (158)

40.3 (449)

49.4

 

   High

26.9 (150)

66.7 (368)

46.5 (518)

31.7

.000

Mother's education

     

   Low

23.3 (130)

3.6 (20)

13.5 (150)

21.0

 

   Medium

62.5 (348)

54.7 (302)

58.3 (650)

61.6

 

   High

13.6 (76)

40.6 (224)

26.9 (300)

16.9

.000

Locality

     

   Urban

28.4 (158)

64.9 (358)

46.5 (516)

32.8

.000

Socioeconomic status variable

     

   Middle

21.2 (118)

50.2 (277)

35.4 (395)

24.6

.000

History of dentist visit

     

   Follow-up & checkup

1.1 (6)

3.3 (18)

2.2 (24)

1.3

 

   Pain

32.3 (180)

60.0 (331)

45.8 (511)

35.6

 

   Never visited

66.6 (371)

36.8 (203)

51.5 (574)

63.1

.000

Dental treatment experience

     

   Extraction only

18.3 (102)

32.6 (180)

25.3 (282)

20.0

 

   Others

5.6 (31)

11.4 (63)

8.4 (94)

6.3

.000

Seek professional therapy for toothache

18.0 (100)

38.6 (213)

28.1 (313)

20.4

.000

  1. * 'Total sample' (n = 1109) includes all the school children who participated in the study while the 'representative sample' (n = 1109) refers to the results after weighting according to the school children distribution between the two school sectors (Public: Private = 7:1)
  2. # P value for Chi-Square test to compare proportions of sociodemographic characteristics between school sectors, public and private