Table 4 Odds ratio (OR) estimates for associations between the degree of treatment (proportion of filled or missing teeth out of dmft) and socioeconomic characteristics, attendance at the toddler check-up and age at kindergarten check-up in the kindergarten subset

Sex: Male

1

Sex: Female

1.10

from 0.82 to 1.46

0.54

Origin of primary caretaker: Switzerland

1

‘Origin of primary caretaker‘Western

0.44

From 0.25 to 0.80

0.007

‘Origin of primary caretaker‘South America, Africa, Asia

0.35

From 0.22 to 0.56

< 0.0001

‘Origin of primary caretaker‘Eastern Europe, Turkey, Russia

0.43

From 0.27 to 0.67

0.0003

‘Origin of primary caretaker‘Other

0.51

From 0.24 to 1.05

0.068

Income: < 25’000

1

Income25’000-49’999

0.92

From 0.62 to 1.38

0.70

Income50’000-99’999

0.94

From 0.62 to 1.42

0.76

Income\(\ge\) 100’000

1.38

From 0.73 to 2.61

0.33

IncomeIncome missing

1.72

From 0.64 to 4.66

0.28

Savings: < 100’000

1

Savings\(\ge\) 100’000

0.93

From 0.58 to 1.49

0.77

SavingsSavings missing

0.93

From 0.37 to 2.28

0.87

Number of siblings older/same age: 0

1

‘Number of siblings older/same age‘1

0.99

From 0.71 to 1.39

0.96

‘Number of siblings older/same age‘2

0.89

From 0.58 to 1.38

0.61

‘Number of siblings older/same age‘\(\ge\) 3

1.20

From 0.71 to 2.02

0.49

Living situation: Mother and father

1

‘Living situation‘Mother

0.98

From 0.62 to 1.56

0.94

‘Living situation‘Father

3.03

From 0.57 to 21.30

0.21

‘Living situation‘Neither parent\(^{\rm a}\)

–

–

–

Clinic allocation: SAU

1

‘Clinic allocation‘SUS

1.45

From 0.79 to 2.66

0.24

‘Clinic allocation‘SPA

1.42

From 0.85 to 2.39

0.19

‘Clinic allocation‘SWE

1.03

From 0.63 to 1.67

0.92

‘Clinic allocation‘SMU

1.37

From 0.58 to 3.21

0.46

‘Clinic allocation‘SNO

1.23

From 0.80 to 1.90

0.35

‘Age at kindergarten check-up‘

3.92

From 2.43 to 6.40

< 0.0001

‘Toddler check-up‘

2.41

From 1.79 to 3.24

< 0.0001