Table 1 Distribution of explanatory variables
From: Dental service patterns among private and public adult patients in Australia
AGE CATEGORY (col%) | |||||||||||||||
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15–34 years | 35–44 years | 55–74 years | 75+ years | All ages | |||||||||||
n(a) | %(b) | SE# | n(a) | %(b) | SE# | n(a) | %(b) | SE# | n(a) | %(b) | SE# | n(a) | %(b) | SE# | |
Site of last visit (p ≤ 0.0001) | |||||||||||||||
Private | 1479 | 80.8 | 1.2 | 2959 | 90.4 | 0.7 | 2086 | 87.6 | 0.9 | 487 | 90.5 | 1.4 | 7011 | 86.5 | 0.6 |
Public | 166 | 9.0 | 0.9 | 197 | 5.9 | 0.6 | 234 | 8.9 | 0.7 | 54 | 8.2 | 1.3 | 651 | 7.7 | 0.5 |
School | 71 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 72 | 1.4 | 0.2 | ||
Technician | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 15 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 29 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
Other | 97 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 108 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 58 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 268 | 4.0 | 0.3 |
Sex (ns, p = 0.230) | |||||||||||||||
Male | 674 | 47.8 | 1.5 | 1203 | 47.2 | 1.1 | 953 | 49.1 | 1.2 | 216 | 42.6 | 2.3 | 3046 | 47.6 | 0.8 |
Female | 1147 | 52.2 | 1.5 | 2073 | 52.8 | 1.1 | 1442 | 50.9 | 1.2 | 331 | 57.4 | 2.3 | 4993 | 52.4 | 0.8 |
Last visit (p ≤ 0.0001) | |||||||||||||||
Check-up | 1132 | 65.1 | 1.4 | 1721 | 53.5 | 1.1 | 1204 | 50.6 | 1.4 | 319 | 58.4 | 2.5 | 4376 | 57.0 | 0.8 |
Problem | 689 | 34.9 | 1.4 | 1554 | 46.5 | 1.1 | 1191 | 49.4 | 1.4 | 227 | 41.6 | 2.5 | 3661 | 43.0 | 0.8 |
Income (p ≤ 0.0001) | |||||||||||||||
<$20 K | 103 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 251 | 6.4 | 0.5 | 574 | 22.1 | 1.1 | 254 | 46.5 | 2.8 | 1182 | 12.1 | 0.5 |
$20–<40 K | 274 | 17.3 | 1.3 | 514 | 15.0 | 0.8 | 699 | 30.2 | 1.1 | 149 | 33.4 | 2.5 | 1636 | 20.3 | 0.6 |
$40–<60 K | 335 | 20.5 | 1.4 | 657 | 20.4 | 0.9 | 369 | 17.0 | 0.9 | 50 | 11.9 | 1.9 | 1411 | 19.2 | 0.6 |
$60–<80 K | 281 | 20.1 | 1.4 | 593 | 19.2 | 0.9 | 209 | 10.6 | 0.8 | 21 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 1104 | 16.6 | 0.6 |
$80+K | 499 | 36.6 | 1.7 | 1107 | 39.0 | 1.3 | 346 | 20.1 | 1.3 | 14 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 1966 | 31.9 | 0.9 |
ALL (row%) | 1821 | 33.8 | 0.8 | 3276 | 38.1 | 0.7 | 2395 | 22.4 | 0.7 | 547 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 8039 | 100.0 | 0.0 |