Are parents’ education levels associated with either their oral health knowledge or their children’s oral health behaviors? A survey of 8446 families in Wuhan

Table 4 Univariable and multivariable logistic regression derived coefficients (OR), 95% confidence intervals and P value, for the association between parents’ PFS related choices and their education levels

Oral health related habits	Educational level	Univariable						Multivariable
		Mother			Father			Mother			Father
		OR	95%CI	P	OR	95%CI	P	OR	95%CI	P	OR	95%CI	P
Ever heard of FPS	Middle school or below	Reference			Reference			Reference			Reference
(0 = no,	High school	1.61	1.41–1.85	< 0.001	1.56	1.35–1.80	< 0.001	1.29	1.09–1.53	0.003	1.21	1.11–1.55	0.003
1 = yes)	College	2.59	2.19–3.06	< 0.001	2.33	1.97–2.76	< 0.001	1.65	1.31–2.08	< 0.001	1.59	1.27–1.99	< 0.001
1 = yes)	Undergraduate or above	3.97	3.38–4.67	< 0.001	3.90	3.34–4.56	< 0.001	2.15	1.67–2.78	< 0.001	2.15	1.68–2.75	< 0.001
Preference of PFS site	Middle school or below	Reference			Reference			Reference			Reference
(0 = school,	High school	1.60	1.39–1.77	< 0.001	1.54	1.35–1.75	< 0.001	1.23	1.07–1.43	0.005	1.33	1.15–1.55	< 0.001
1 = hospital)	College	2.51	2.19–2.89	< 0.001	2.20	1.91–2.54	< 0.001	1.56	1.29–1.89	< 0.001	1.54	1.28–1.87	< 0.001
1 = hospital)	Undergraduate or above	4.28	3.74–4.90	< 0.001	4.33	3.80–4.93	< 0.001	2.14	1.73–2.64	< 0.001	2.43	1.97–2.98	< 0.001

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