Table 1 Socio-demographic information for all parents and caregivers (N = 309)
From: Oral health-related quality of life and early childhood caries among preschool children in Trinidad
n | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
Age group | ||
18–24 | 17 | 5.5 |
25–34 | 183 | 59.2 |
35–44 | 95 | 30.7 |
45–54 | 8 | 2.6 |
55–64 | 2 | 0.7 |
65+ | 1 | 0.3 |
Missing | 3 | 1.0 |
Ethnic group | ||
African | 35 | 11.3 |
Indian | 230 | 74.4 |
Mixed | 41 | 13.3 |
White | 1 | 0.3 |
Other | 2 | 0.7 |
Occupation | ||
Professional | 11 | 3.6 |
Managerial/lower professional | 48 | 15.5 |
Non-manual | 44 | 14.2 |
Manual -skilled | 107 | 34.6 |
Manual- semi-skilled | 6 | 1.9 |
Manual –unskilled | 43 | 13.9 |
Housewife/unemployed | 15 | 4.9 |
Retired/old-age pensioner | 7 | 2.3 |
Missing | 28 | 9.1 |
Education | ||
None | 1 | 0.3 |
Primary | 29 | 9.4 |
Secondary | 255 | 50.2 |
Technical college | 54 | 17.5 |
University | 49 | 15.9 |
Other | 15 | 4.9 |
Missing | 6 | 1.9 |