Women’s economic empowerment, participation in decision-making and exposure to violence as risk indicators for early childhood caries

Table 3 Relationship between economic empowerment of women and global ECC prevalence, controlling for country economic level

Variables	Prevalence of ECC in 0–2 years old			Prevalence of ECC in 3–5 years old
Variables	Countries with available data (n)	B (95% CI)	η²	Countries with available data (n)	B (95% CI)	η²
Financial account	37^a	0.05 (−0.20, 0.30)	0.005	82^f	−0.25 (− 0.50, 0.0001)	0.05
Education	15^b	0.37 (−0.03, 0.78)	0.27	28^g	0.18 (−0.16, 0.52)	0.05
Food insecurity	34^c	−0.15 (− 0.58, 0.29)	0.02	73^h	−0.10 (− 0.47, 0.27)	0.004
Living in slums	11^d	0.16 (−0.52, 0.84)	0.04	19ⁱ	−0.25 (− 0.93, 0.43)	0.04
Below 50% of median income	17^e	−0.23 (−2.03, 1.57)	0.006	32^j	1.82 (0.12, 3.52)*	0.15

B: Regression estimates adjusted for country income, CI confidence interval, η² partial eta squared, *: statistically significant at P < 0.05
Number of countries with different economic levels included in models, LIC low-income countries, LMIC low middle-income countries, HMIC high middle-income countries, HIC high-income countries
^aLIC = 2, LMIC = 11, HMIC = 11, HIC = 15, ^bLIC = 2, LMIC = 8, HMIC = 5, HIC = 0, ^cLIC = 2, LMIC = 11, HMIC = 7, HIC = 14, ^dLIC = 2, LMIC = 7, HMIC = 2, HIC = 0, ^eLIC = 0, LMIC = 2, HMIC = 6, HIC = 9
^fLIC = 5, LMIC = 19, HMIC = 25, HIC = 33, ^gLIC = 6, LMIC = 13, HMIC = 9, HIC = 0, ^hLIC = 5, LMIC = 18, HMIC = 20, HIC = 30, ⁱLIC = 5, LMIC = 11, HMIC = 3, HIC = 0, ^jLIC = 0, LMIC = 2, HMIC = 9, HIC = 21

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