Table 3 Models for the association between various measures of education and poor subjective oral health (n = 6703)

School type at age 16 years

 Comprehensive

1332

24.3

1.00 [Reference]

1.00 [Reference]

 Grammar

44

16.8

0.63 [0.45, 0.88]*

0.71 [0.51, 0.99]*

 Secondary Modern

118

24.4

1.01 [0.81, 1.25]

0.99 [0.79, 1.23]

 Private

73

17.1

0.64 [0.50, 0.83]*

0.76 [0.58, 0.99]*

 Special Needs

15

35.7

1.73 [0.92, 3.27]

1.48 [0.78, 2.81]

Highest qualification

 None

215

36.3

1.00 [Reference]

1.00 [Reference]

 NVQ1 level

142

29.5

0.73 [0.57, 0.95]*

0.74 [0.57, 0.96]*

 NVQ2 level

441

26.9

0.65 [0.53, 0.79]*

0.67 [0.55, 0.83]*

 NVQ3 level

258

25.5

0.60 [0.48, 0.75]*

0.63 [0.50, 0.78]*

 NVQ4 level

448

18.6

0.40 [0.33, 0.49]*

0.45 [0.37, 0.55]*

 NVQ5 level

78

13.9

0.28 [0.21, 0.38]*

0.33 [0.25, 0.45]*

Institution status

 No degree

1319

26.1

1.00 [Reference]

1.00 [Reference]

 Normal status

195

16.6

0.56 [0.48, 0.66]*

0.62 [0.52, 0.73]*

 Higher status

68

14.2

0.47 [0.36, 0.61]*

0.54 [0.41, 0.70]*

Field of study

 No degree

1319

26.1

1.00 [Reference]

1.00 [Reference]

 STEM

126

16.2

0.55 [0.45, 0.67]*

0.58 [0.47, 0.71]*

 LEM

46

13.9

0.46 [0.33, 0.63]*

0.50 [0.36, 0.69]*

 OSSAH

91

16.6

0.56 [0.44, 0.71]*

0.69 [0.54, 0.87]*

Age left full time education

-

-

0.91 [0.90, 0.93]*

0.93 [0.91, 0.95]*