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Table 2 Factors associated with dental service utilization among school children in Mekelle city, 2016 (n = 398)

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

Variables

Category

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

p value

Age

6–10

0.61 (0.32–1.17)

0.20 (0.03–1.06)

0.060

11–15

1

1

Grade level

1–4

1.45 (0.76–2.78)

3.33 (0.63–17.42)

0.153

5–8

1

1

Mother’s education

Illiterate

0.19 (0.40–0.95)

0.13 (0.01–0.93)*

0.043*

Read and write only

1.87 (0.44–7.95)

2.59 (0.34–19.72)

0.358

1–8

0.98 (0.39–2.45)

0.56 (0.14–2.26)

0.422

9–12

2.26 (0.89–5.71)

0.93 (0.25–3.47)

0.918

College and above

1

1

 

Father’s education

Illiterate

0.25 (0.05–1.15)

0.16 (0.02–1.24)

0.080

Read and write only

0.26 (0.03–2.07)

0.08 (0.06–1.19)

0.067

1–8

0.74 (0.35–1.55)

0.79 (0.23–2.71)

0.715

9–12

0.50 (0.19–1.32)

0.27 (0.69–1.11)

0.071

College and above

1

1

 

Monthly household income in ETB

≤ 1000

1

1

 

1001–2000

4.27 (1.41–12.94)

4.04 (0.94–17.3)

0.060

2001–3000

2.67 (0.81–8.81)

2.88 (0.60–13.70)

0.183

3001–4000

2.33 (0.42–12.95)

11.69 (1.19-114.61)

0.035*

4001–5000

3.00 (0.75–11.91)

1.55 (0.23–10.1)

0.644

> 5000

2.84 (0.97–8.27)

2.19 (0.49–9.65)

0.300

Dental pain experience in the past 12 months

Have dental pain

29.23 (12.33–69.29)

50.86 (17.82-145.17)

< 0.001*

No dental pain

1

1

 
  1. COR Crude odds ratio; AOR Adjusted odds ratio; CI Confidence interval
  2. *Significant at p < 0.05
  3. Statistical significance was taken at p value ≤ 0.05