17 February 2021 : Clinical Research
Oral Health-Related Risk Factors Among Students in Southeast Serbia
Marija D. Bojović1ABDEF, Ljiljana G. Kesić1ADF*, Aleksandar N. Mitić2AE, Biljana Kocić3DE, Radmila R. Obradović1DEF, Aleksandra Ignjatović4CD, Nina Burić5EF, Marija Jovanović6BEF, Milica S. Petrović1ADEFDOI: 10.12659/MSM.929375
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e929375
Table 1 Sociodemographic variables of surveyed subjects.
| Age | Total | Group 1 | Group 2 | P* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||||
| Men | 142 | 32.26 | 60 | 32.26 | 82 | 39.05 | 0.159 |
| Women | 254 | 67.74 | 126 | 67.74 | 128 | 60.95 | |
| Family economic level | |||||||
| Lower than average | 15 | 3.79 | 8 | 4.30 | 7 | 3.33 | 0.879 |
| Average | |||||||
| Below average | 41 | 10.35 | 19 | 10.22 | 22 | 10.48 | |
| Mother’s education | |||||||
| Primary school | 11 | 2.78 | 6 | 3.23 | 5 | 2.38 | 0.378 |
| Secondary school | |||||||
| Vocational | 49 | 12.37 | 28 | 15.05 | 21 | 10.00 | |
| University | 117 | 29.55 | 51 | 27.42 | 66 | 31.43 | |
| PhD | 13 | 3.28 | 8 | 4.30 | 5 | 2.38 | |
| Father’s education | |||||||
| Primary school | 5 | 1.26 | 2 | 1.08 | 3 | 1.43 | 0.504 |
| Secondary school | |||||||
| Vocational | 60 | 15.15 | 24 | 12.90 | 36 | 17.14 | |
| University | 133 | 33.59 | 65 | 34.95 | 68 | 32.38 | |
| PhD | 12 | 3.03 | 8 | 4.30 | 4 | 1.90 | |
| Mother’s working status | |||||||
| Yes | |||||||
| No | 101 | 26.03 | 48 | 26.23 | 53 | 25.85 | |
| Father’s working status | |||||||
| Yes | |||||||
| No | 76 | 19.59 | 26 | 14.21 | 50 | 24.39 | |
| Number of family members | |||||||
| 2 | 12 | 3.03 | 6 | 3.23 | 6 | 2.86 | 0.874 |
| 3 | 59 | 14.90 | 24 | 12.90 | 35 | 16.67 | |
| 5 | 86 | 21.72 | 41 | 22.04 | 45 | 21.43 | |
| 6 or more | 35 | 8.84 | 16 | 8.60 | 19 | 9.05 | |
| * Chi-square test; bold numbers mean the highest frequency. | |||||||






