Table 3
The Differences in the Rates of Practicing Tooth brushing after Lunch according to the Participants’ Demographic and Socio-Economic Characteristics
| Variable |
After lunch tooth brushing |
|
| Yes |
No |
p-value |
| Sex |
|
|
<0.001 |
| Male |
46,314 (63.4) |
26,773 (36.6) |
|
| Female |
48,986 (76.6) |
14,993 (23.4) |
|
| Age (y) |
|
|
<0.001 |
| 19∼29 |
10,908 (80.3) |
2,683 (19.7) |
|
| 30∼39 |
14,747 (78.6) |
4,008 (21.4) |
|
| 40∼49 |
20,772 (74.3) |
7,171 (25.7) |
|
| 50∼59 |
23,833 (70.8) |
9,829 (29.2) |
|
| ≥60 |
25,040 (58.1) |
18,075 (41.9) |
|
| Household income |
|
|
0.006 |
| Lower |
128 (62.7) |
76 (37.3) |
|
| Lower-middle |
174 (63.7) |
99 (36.3) |
|
| Middle |
214 (64.5) |
118 (35.5) |
|
| Middle-high |
555 (71.6) |
220 (28.4) |
|
| High |
93,476 (69.5) |
40,981 (30.5) |
|
| Occupation |
|
|
<0.001 |
| Managers |
2,538 (72.4) |
968 (27.6) |
|
| Professionals & office workers |
33,029 (84.2) |
6,191 (15.8) |
|
| Service & sales workers |
21,458 (75.3) |
7,053 (24.7) |
|
| Machine operators |
12,230 (61.1) |
7,779 (38.9) |
|
| Agricultural & fishery |
10,797 (48.5) |
11,451 (51.5) |
|
| Daily labors |
14,602 (64.2) |
8,159 (35.8) |
|
| Soliders |
528 (81.0) |
124 (19.0) |
|
| Education |
|
|
<0.001 |
| ≤Middle |
19,561 (55.4) |
15,751 (44.6) |
|
| ≤High |
29,601 (68.1) |
13,840 (31.9) |
|
| ≥University |
46,068 (79.2) |
12,120 (20.8) |
|
Values are presented as number (%).
Using chi-square test.
