Table 1 Patients’ demographic and socioeconomic profiles
Variable Definition | N | Percentage (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
No. of times visited dentist in the past 12 months | One time | 159 | 53.9 % |
Two times | 60 | 20.3 % | |
Three or more times | 76 | 25.8 % | |
Age | Less than 20 | 41 | 13.7 % |
From 20–34 | 102 | 34.0 % | |
From 35–44 | 78 | 26.0 % | |
More than 45 | 79 | 26.3 % | |
Household income | 2000–4000 | 72 | 24.0 % |
4001–6000 | 63 | 21.0 % | |
6001–8000 | 73 | 24.3 % | |
8001–10000 | 48 | 16.0 % | |
Above 10001 | 36 | 12.0 % | |
Education | Less than High school | 85 | 28.3 % |
High school | 100 | 33.3 % | |
College degree | 110 | 36.7 % | |
Gender | Male | 80 | 26.7 % |
Female | 213 | 71.0 % | |
Family size | 1 | 5 | 1.70 % |
2 | 24 | 8.0 % | |
5-Mar | 119 | 39.7 % | |
More than 6 | 140 | 46.7 % | |
Working status | Employed | 116 | 38.7 % |
Unemployed | 35 | 11.7 % | |
At school | 55 | 18.3 % | |
Looking after your family | 66 | 22.0 % | |
Retired | 19 | 6.3 % | |
Others | 9 | 3.0 % | |