Table 3 Distribution and prevalence of oral habits in relation to sex and parental education
From: Occlusal features of 5-year-old Greek children: a cross-sectional national study
N (%) | Sex | Father educational level | Mother educational level | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male N (%) | Female N (%) | Up to lower secondary N (%) | Upper secondary/non-university tertiary N (%) | University N (%) | Up to lower secondary N (%) | Upper secondary/non-university tertiary N (%) | University N (%) | |||
Sucking of finger or thumb (n = 1200) | ||||||||||
Yes | 101 (8.4) | 55 (54.4) | 46 (45.6) | 21 (20.8) | 55 (54.4) | 23 (22.8) | 11 (10.9) | 63 (62.4) | 25 (24.8) | |
No | 1099 (91.6) | 526 (47.9) | 573 (52.1) | 164 (14.9) | 674 (61.3) | 247 (22.5) | 77 (7.0) | 702 (63.9) | 313 (28.5) | |
Use of pacifier (n = 1187) | ||||||||||
Yes | 42 (3.5) | 18 (42.9) | 24 (57.1) | 11 (26.2) | 27 (64.3) | 3 (7.1) | 7 (16.7) | 27 (64.2) | 8 (19.1) | |
No | 1145 (96.5) | 555 (48.5) | 590 (51.5) | 171 (14.9) | 693 (60.5) | 266 (23.2) | 79 (6.9) | 730 (63.8) | 327 (28.6) | |
Chi-square = 8.147, p = 0.019 | Chi-square = 6.584, p = 0.035 | |||||||||