Table 3 Factors associated with dental care service utilization
Variables | Yes | % | No | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015/2005 | 2015/2005 | ||||
Predisposing factors | |||||
Region** | Urban | 50/58 | 51.0/69.9 | 197/131 | 50.0/41.5 |
Rural | 48/25 | 49.9/30.1 | 197/185 | 50.5/58.5 | |
Child’s gender | Male | 49/41 | 50.0/49.4 | 196/159 | 49.7/50.3 |
Female | 49/42 | 50.0/50.6 | 198/157 | 50.3/49.7 | |
Caregiver’s gender** | Male | 23/18 | 23.5/21.7 | 101/109 | 25.6/34.5 |
Female | 75/65 | 76.5/78.3 | 293/207 | 74.4/65.5 | |
Enabling factors | |||||
Education level** | Illiterate | 6/2 | 6.1/2.4 | 28/16 | 7.2/5.1 |
High school and below | 79/48 | 80.6/55.8 | 315/234 | 79.9/74.1 | |
Above 9 years | 13/33 | 13.3/41.8 | 51/66 | 12.9/20.8 | |
Family income** | 0–15,000 | 14/31 | 14.3/37.3 | 46/195 | 11.7/61.7 |
15,000–30,000 | 20/33 | 20.4/39.8 | 103/76 | 26.1/24.1 | |
30,000–45,000 | 6/6 | 6.1/7.2 | 24/11 | 6.1/3.5 | |
≥ 45,000 | 44/4 | 44.9/4.8 | 152/6 | 38.6/1.9 | |
Missing | 14/9 | 14.3/10.9 | 69/28 | 17.5/8.8 | |
Need factors | |||||
Caries*** | Yes | 88/55 | 89.8/66.3 | 223/158 | 56.6/50.0 |
No | 10/28 | 10.2/33.7 | 171/158 | 43.4/50.0 | |
Self-rated oral health* | Very well | 8/7 | 8.2/8.4 | 118/54 | 29.9/17.1 |
Well | 21/28 | 21.4/33.7 | 159/106 | 40.3/33.5 | |
Average | 42/31 | 42.9/37.3 | 98/120 | 24.9/38.0 | |
Poor | 19/14 | 19.3/16.9 | 18/32 | 4.6/10.1 | |
Worse | 8/3 | 8.2/3.7 | 1/4 | 0.3/1.3 | |