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

Table 5 Relationship between women exposure to violence, suicide and global ECC prevalence after controlling for country economic level

Variables	Prevalence of ECC 0–2 years old			Prevalence of ECC 3–5 years old
Variables	Countries with available data (n)	B (95% CI)	η²	Countries with available data (n)	B (95% CI)	η²
Exposure to violence
Attitude toward wife beating	15^a	0.13 (−0.68, 0.93)	0.01	33^d	0.05 (−0.40, 0.50)	0.002
Exposure to physical violence	14^b	0.16 (− 2.84, 3.16)	0.002	34^e	−0.52 (− 1.32, 0.29)	0.06
Female homicide	39^c	0.19 (− 1.50, 1.89)	0.002	82^f	0.15 (− 1.63, 1.94)	< 0.0001

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 = 8, HMIC = 5, HIC = 0, ^bLIC = 2, LMIC = 3, HMIC = 2, HIC = 7, ^cLIC = 2, LMIC = 11, HMIC = 11, HIC = 15
^dLIC = 6, LMIC = 15, HMIC = 11, HIC = 1, ^eLIC = 5, LMIC = 7, HMIC = 5, HIC = 17, ^fLIC = 6, LMIC = 20, HMIC = 23, HIC = 33

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