Table 2 Distribution of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, income groups, social networks groups according to self-rated oral health trajectories groups
Variable | Good-stable SROH | Changed SROH | Poor-stable SROH |
|---|---|---|---|
Demographic characteristics (1999) | |||
Age (years), Mean (SD) | 38.8 (7.8) | 40.7 (7.7) | 41.0 (7.5) |
Sex, N (%) | |||
Male | 750 (41.4) | 119 (51.7) | 34 (45.3) |
Female | 1063 (58.6) | 111 (48.3) | 41 (54.7) |
Self-reported skin colour | |||
White | 962 (54.7) | 87 (39.5) | 27 (38.6) |
Brown/Pardo | 444 (25.2) | 75 (34.1) | 19 (27.1) |
Black | 345 (19.6) | 58 (26.4) | 23 (32.9) |
Other | 8 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) |
Socioeconomic characteristics (1999) | |||
Marital status | |||
Single | 379 (21.3) | 38 (17.0) | 8 (11.0) |
Married | 1109 (62.3) | 146 (65.2) | 46 (63.0) |
Divorced | 252 (14.1) | 29 (12.9) | 14 (19.2) |
Widowed | 41 (2.3) | 11 (4.9) | 5 (6.8) |
Educational attaiment, N (%) | |||
≤ 10 years | 327 (18.0) | 84 (36.5) | 29 (38.7) |
11–15 years | 673 (37.2) | 100 (43.5) | 29 (38.7) |
≥ 16 years | 813 (44.8) | 46 (20.0) | 17 (22.6) |
Income groups (1999–2012), N (%) | |||
High income-stable | 664 (38.4) | 39 (17.3) | 19 (26.0) |
Increase income | 61 (3.5) | 11 (4.9) | 3 (4.1) |
Decrease income | 623 (36.0) | 84 (37.3) | 25 (34.2) |
Low income-stable | 383 (22.1) | 91 (40.4) | 26 (35.7) |
Number of family members/friends in the social networks (1999–2012), N (%) | |||
Large social networks stable | 1168 (64.4) | 119 (51.7) | 27 (36.0) |
Increased social networks | 247 (13.6) | 37 (16.2) | 15 (20.0) |
Decreased social networks | 202 (11.2) | 30 (13.0) | 17 (22.7) |
Small social networks stable | 196 (10.8) | 44 (19.1) | 16 (21.3) |