Table 4 Differences in oral health care knowledge among respondents by gender, age, and educational attainment
The most important source of oral health care knowledge | Do you agree with “professional tooth cleaning would damage the teeth”? | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internet | Dentist | Television, newspapers and others | Completely disagree | Disagree | Agree | Completely agree | ||
Gender | Male n (%) | 2165 (69.84) | 411 (13.26) | 524 (16.90) | 102 (3.29) | 811 (26.16) | 1519 (49.00) | 668 (21.55) |
Female n (%) | 3790 (73.54) | 706 (13.70) | 658 (12.77) | 188 (3.65) | 1554 (30.15) | 2557 (49.61) | 855 (16.59) | |
χ2 | 27.07 | 37.41 | ||||||
P | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Age | < 18 years n (%) | 115 (58.97) | 32 (16.41) | 48 (24.62) | 17 (8.72) | 50 (25.64) | 98 (50.26) | 30 (15.38) |
18–45 years n (%) | 4550 (78.35) | 701 (12.07) | 556 (9.57) | 221 (3.81) | 1730 (29.79) | 2843 (48.96) | 1013 (17.44) | |
> 45 years n (%) | 1290 (57.28) | 384 (17.05) | 578 (25.67) | 52 (2.31) | 585 (25.98) | 1135 (50.40) | 480 (21.31) | |
χ2 | 443.82 | 49.52 | ||||||
P | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Educational Attainment | HS or B n (%) | 992 (53.42) | 432 (23.26) | 433 (23.32) | 64 (3.45) | 486 (26.17) | 916 (49.33) | 391 (21.06) |
C n (%) | 4627 (77.65) | 628 (10.54) | 704 (11.81) | 198 (3.32) | 1722 (28.90) | 2967 (49.79) | 1072 (17.99) | |
P n (%) | 336 (76.71) | 57 (13.01) | 45 (10.27) | 28 (6.39) | 157 (35.84) | 193 (44.06) | 60 (13.70) | |
χ2 | 422.12 | 38.58 | ||||||
P | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Total n (%) | 5955 (72.15) | 1117 (13.53) | 1182 (14.32) | 290 (3.51) | 2365 (28.65) | 4076 (49.38) | 1523 (18.45) | |
Do you know about dental pit and fissure sealing? | Do you know the criteria for oral health? | |||||||
Not at all | Yes | Yes, and myself or a family member or friend has had pit and fissure sealing | Not at all | Partially | Completely | |||
Gender | Male n (%) | 1866 (60.19) | 812 (26.19) | 422 (13.61) | 1752 (56.51) | 1265 (40.81) | 83 (2.68) | |
Female n (%) | 2272 (44.08) | 1866 (36.20) | 1016 (19.71) | 2102 (40.78) | 2883 (55.94) | 169 (3.28) | ||
χ2 | 201.36 | 236.56 | ||||||
P | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Age | < 18 years n (%) | 112 (57.44) | 51 (26.15) | 32 (16.41) | 75 (38.46) | 104 (53.33) | 16 (8.21) | |
18–45 years n (%) | 2713 (46.72) | 1967 (33.87) | 1127 (19.41) | 2698 (46.46) | 2910 (50.11) | 199 (3.43) | ||
> 45 years n (%) | 1313 (58.30) | 660 (29.31) | 279 (12.39) | 1081 (48.00) | 1134 (50.36) | 37 (1.64) | ||
χ2 | 104.42 | 43.48 | ||||||
P | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Educational Attainment | HS or B n (%) | 1109 (59.72) | 544 (29.29) | 204 (10.99) | 810 (43.62) | 980 (52.77) | 67 (3.61) | |
C n (%) | 2887 (48.45) | 1982 (33.26) | 1090 (18.29) | 2824 (47.39) | 2966 (49.77) | 169 (2.84) | ||
P n (%) | 142 (32.42) | 152 (34.70) | 144 (32.88) | 220 (50.23) | 202 (46.12) | 16 (3.65) | ||
χ2 | 179.22 | 19.76 | ||||||
P | < 0.001 | 0.003 | ||||||
Total n (%) | 4138 (50.13) | 2678 (32.44) | 1438 (17.42) | 3854 (46.69) | 4148 (50.25) | 252 (3.05) | ||