The influence of oral health conditions, socioeconomic status and home environment factors on schoolchildren's self-perception of quality of life

Table 1 Univariate analysis of association between socioeconomic status and family environment variables with oral health- related quality of life in the overall median scores of CPQ_11-14 (n = 515).

	Variable	N	CPQ_11-14		Prevalence ratio (PR)
			Scores > median		PR crude	CI - 95%	p
			N	%
Gender	Female	290	155	53.4	1.21	1.01-1.46	0.0208
	Male	225	99	44.0	1.00
School type	Public	363	225	62.0	3.64	2.60-5.08	< 0.0001
	Private	152	29	19.1	1.00
Monthly family income	≤ 3 minimum wages	242	143	59.1	4.33	2.04-9.18	< 0.0001
	> 3 minimum wages	44	6	13.6	1.00
Father's education	≤ 8 years	124	74	59.7	1.53	1.16-2.02	0.0012
	> 8 years	108	42	38.9	1.00
Mother's education	≤ 8 years	141	94	66.7	1.82	1.42-2.33	< 0.0001
	> 8 years	142	52	36.6	1.00
Children lives with both biological parents	No	193	116	60.1	1.40	1.18-1.66	0.0001
	Yes	322	138	42.9	1.00
Number of siblings	2 or more	259	157	60.6	1.60	1.33-1.92	< 0.0001
	< 2	256	97	37.9	1.00
Household overcrowding	More 1 person/room	76	50	65.8	1.42	1.17-1.71	0.0014
	≤ 1 person/room	439	204	46.5	1.00
Cigarettes, alcohol and drug use	Yes	229	129	56.3	1.53	1.27-1.86	< 0.0001
	No	286	105	43.7	1.00
Parents' perception of children's oral health	fair/poor	102	72	70.6	1.69	1.37-2.08	< 0.0001
	excellent/very good/good	184	77	41.8	1.00
Children's perception of their general health	fair/poor	56	42	75.0	1.62	1.36-1.95	< 0.0001
	excellent/very good/good	459	212	46.2	1.00
Children's perception of their oral health	fair/poor	166	124	74.7	2.01	1.70-2.36	< 0.0001
	excellent/very good/good	349	130	37.2	1.00
General diseases	Yes	202	114	54.4	1.26	1.06-1.50	0.0061
	No	313	140	44.7	1.00

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