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Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics; comparisons between work-based and home-based groups

From: Oral health related quality of life in pregnant and post partum women in two social network domains; predominantly home-based and work-based networks

 

Work-based

Home-based

Total

P value

 

N = 580

N = 823

N = 1403

 

Age, M (SD) a

26.76 ± 6.07

24.07 ± 6.22

25.18 ± 6.299

< 0.001

Ethnicity b

   

0.120

   White, n (%)

199 (34.5)

275 (33.5)

474 (33.9)

 

   Brown, n (%)

230 (39.9)

369 (44.9)

599 (42.8)

 

   Black, n (%)

147 (25.5)

178 (21.7)

325 (23.2)

 

Years of schooling, M (SD) a

8.28 ± 2.90

7.42 ± 2.91

7.78 ± 2.94

< 0.001

Family income b

   

< 0.001

   < 1 Minimal wage, n (%)

103 (17.8)

302 (36.7)

405 (28.9)

 

   1-2 Minimal wages, n (%)

199 (34.3)

250 (30.4)

449 (32.0)

 

   > 2 Minimal wages, n (%)

278 (47.9)

271 (32.9)

549 (39.1)

 

Marital status b

   

0.003

   Married, living with partner, n (%)

434 (74.8)

557 (67.7)

991 (70.6)

 

   Has a partner, not living with him, n (%)

111 (19.1)

222 (27.0)

333 (23.7)

 

   Single without partner, n (%)

35 (6.0)

44 (5.3)

79 (5.6)

 

Social Class b

   

< 0.001

   B, n (%)

40 (6.9)

43 (5.2)

83 (5.9)

 

   C, n (%)

399 (68.8)

480 (58.3)

879 (62.7)

 

   D, n (%)

122 (21.0)

251 (30.5)

373 (26.6)

 

   E, n (%)

19 (3.3)

49 (6.0)

68 (4.8)

 

Head of family b

   

< 0.001

   Woman, n (%)

113 (19.5)

48 (5.8)

161 (11.5)

 

   Husband or partner, n (%)

341 (58.9)

485 (58.9)

826 (58.9)

 

   Other, n (%)

120 (20.7)

282 (34.3)

402 (28.7)

 

Number of children b

   

< 0.001

   No children, n (%)

249 (42.9)

415 (50.4)

664 (47.3)

 

   1 child, n (%)

203 (35.0)

208 (25.3)

411 (29.3)

 

   2 or more children, n (%)

128 (22.1)

200 (24.3)

328 (23.4)

 

Sewage in your house b

   

0.016

   Lack of sewage or pit sewage, n (%)

226 (39.0)

374 (45.4)

600 (42.8)

 

   General drainage, n (%)

354 (61.0)

449 (54.6)

803 (57.2)

 

Number of residents per room b

   

< 0.001

   1, n (%)

233 (40.2)

240 (29.2)

473 (33.7)

 

   2, n (%)

244 (42.1)

396 (48.1)

640 (45.6)

 

   3, n (%)

72 (12.4)

124 (15.1)

196 (14.0)

 

   > 3, n (%)

31 (5.3)

63 (7.7)

94 (6.7)

 

Water supply to house b

   

0.352

   Water plumbing supply inside the house, n (%)

480 (82.8)

665 (80.8)

1145 (81.6)

 

   Water plumbing supply outside the house, n (%)

100 (17.2)

158 (19.2)

258 (18.4)

 
  1. a Mann-Whitney test b Chi-square test
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