Mother’s Characteristics and Socioeconomic Status as Possible Risk Factors for Children’s Caries in Jordan

Table 1

General characteristics of the children’s families.

Variable	Frequency (%)
Gender
Male	148 (56.1%)
Female	116 (43.9%)
Education of the mother
Elementary	32 (12.2%)
Secondary	111 (42.0%)
University or higher	98 (37.1%)
Not specified	23 (8.7%)
Family monthly income
<500 dinars per month	195 (73.9%)
500–1000 dinars per month	54 (20.4%)
>1000 dinars per month	11 (4.2%)
Not specified	4 (1.5%)
Education of the father
Elementary	15 (5.7%)
Secondary	60 (22.7%)
University or higher	18 (6.8%)
Not specified	171 (64.8%)
Does the mother work or not
Mother is not employed	206 (78.0%)
Mother is employed	51 (19.3%)
Not specified	7 (2.7%)
Mother’s working hours
<8 hours per day	6 (11.8%)
8 hours per day	44 (86.3%)
>8 hours per day	1 (2.0%)

N = 264., total number of employed mothers was 51.