Research Article
The Relationship between Personality Profiles and the Esthetic Perception of Orthodontic Appliances
Table 1
Gender, education, and age of the groups.
| | Sociodemographic variables | Total (%) | Laypeople (%) | Dentistry workers (%) | χ2 | p | Φ |
| | Gender | 461 (100.0) | 322 (69.8) | 139 (30.2) | 0.245 | 0.620 | −0.02 | | Female | 368 (79.8) | 259 (80.4) | 109 (78.4) | — | — | — | | Male | 93 (20.2) | 63 (19.6) | 30 (21.6) | — | — | — | | Education | | A level or less | 197 (42.7) | 139 (43.2) | 58 (41.7) | 2.83 | 0.419 | 0.08 | | Master’s degree or bachelor | 199 (43.2) | 140 43.5) | 59 (42.4) | — | — | — | | Specialized MSc | 56 (12.1) | 39 (12.1) | 17 (12.2) | — | — | — | | Doctor degree | 9 (2.0) | 4 (1.2) | 5 (3.6) | — | — | — | | Age | | 18–29 | 235 (51.0) | 184 (57.1) | 51 (36.7) | 23.518 | <0.001 | 0.23 | | 30–39 | 67 (14.5) | 36 (11.2) | 31 (22.3) | — | — | — | | 40–49 | 89 (19.3) | 63 (19.6) | 26 (18.7) | — | — | — | | 50–59 | 56 (12.1) | 30 (9.3) | 26 (18.7) | — | — | — | | 60–71 | 14 (3.0) | 9 (2.8) | 5 (3.6) | — | — | — |
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% = percentage; χ2 = Qui-squared; p = p-value; Φ = phi.
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