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Table 1 Socio-demographic and dental characteristics of school children in Mekelle city (n = 398)

From: Predictors of low dental service utilization among school children in Mekelle, Northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Category

Dental service utilization

Total N

P-value

Yes N (%)

No N (%)

Age

6–10

17 (40.5)

187 (52.5)

204

0.139

11–15

25 (59.5)

169 (47.5)

194

Sex

Male

24 (57.1)

175 (49.2)

199

0.328

Female

18 (42.9)

181 (50.8)

199

Grade level

1–4

18 (42.9)

186 (52.2)

204

0.250

5–8

24 (57.1)

170 (47.8)

194

Mother’s education

Illiterate

2 (4.8)

89 (25)

91

0.002

Read and write only

3 (7.1)

14 (3.9)

17

1–8

14 (33.3)

125 (35.1)

139

9–12

15 (35.7)

58 (16.3)

73

College and above

8 (19)

70 (19.7)

78

Father’s education

Illiterate

2 (4.8)

45 (12.6)

47

0.262

Read and write only

1 (2.4)

22 (6.2)

23

1–8

15 (35.7)

116 (32.6)

131

9–12

6 (14.3)

69 (19.4)

75

College and above

18 (42.9)

104 (29.2)

122

Monthly household income in ETB

≤ 1000

5 (11.9)

105 (29.5)

110

0.133

1001–2000

11 (26.2)

54 (15.2)

65

2001–3000

7 (16.7)

55 (15.4)

62

3001–4000

2 (4.8)

18 (5.1)

20

4001–5000

4 (9.5)

28 (7.9)

32

> 5000

13 (31)

96 (27)

109

Dental pain experience in the past 12 months

Have dental pain

35 (83.3)

52 (14.6)

87

< 0.001

No dental pain

7 (16.7)

304 (85.4)

311

  1. ETB-Ethiopian Birr; 1 USD = 34 ETB