Effect of a school-based oral health education in preventing untreated dental caries and increasing knowledge, attitude, and practices among adolescents in Bangladesh

Table 1 Basic characteristics of the participants (n = 944)

Characteristics	n	%
Sex
Male	347	36.8
Female	597	63.2
Age, years
10–12	328	34.7
13	300	31.8
14+	316	33.5
Religion
Muslims	912	96.6
Non-Muslims	32	3.4
Father’s education
No education	128	13.6
Incomplete primary education	351	37.2
Complete primary education	231	24.5
Secondary and higher education	234	24.7
Mother’s education
No education	102	10.8
Incomplete primary education	351	37.2
Complete primary education	282	29.9
Secondary and higher education	209	22.1
Types of school
School I (Government)	329	34.9
School II (Semi-government)	310	32.8
School III (Semi-government)	305	32.3
Socio-economic index^a
Low	219	23.2
Medium	319	33.8
High	406	43.0

^aConstructed from data on household assets, including ownership of durable goods (such as televisions and bicycles) and dwelling characteristics (such as source of drinking water, sanitation facilities and construction materials). Principal components analyses were used to assign individual household socio-economic scores. These weighted values were then summed and rescaled to range from 0 to 1, and each household was assigned to the low, middle or high tertile

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