Research Article
Socioeconomic Disparities in Iranians’ Preferences toward Dental Care Services: A Population-Based Survey
Table 3
Participant’s preferences for a specialist or general dentist according to their demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.
| | Do you prefer to go to a general dentist or a specialist for treatment? | General | Specialist | No different | Total | Value (chi-square#) | | Frequency (%) | 50 (3.5%) | 1101 (76.2%) | 294 (20.3%) | 1445 (100%) |
| | Age rang | | | | | 0.012 | | <30 | 1.8% | 80.8% | 17.2% | 100% (429) | | 30–45 | 3.6% | 76.2% | 20.1% | 100% (572) | | 45–60 | 6.0% | 72.8% | 21.2% | 100% (250) | | >60 | 3.1% | 69.8% | 27.3% | 100% (157) |
| | Social class in city | | | | | < 0.0001 | | Affluent | 2.8% | 83.1% | 13.9% | 100% (386) | | Middle | 3.8% | 76.1% | 20.0% | 100% (544) | | Disadvantage | 3.7% | 70.2% | 25.9% | 100% (474) |
| | Insurance | | | | | 0.03 | | Yes | 3.3% | 77.2% | 19.5% | 100% (1275) | | No | 4.9% | 67.9% | 27.2% | 100% (162) |
| | Dental insurance | | | | | < 0.0001 | | Yes | 4.0% | 80.2% | 15.8% | 100% (374) | | No | 3.5% | 78.8% | 17.7% | 100% (547) | | Unknown | 1.9% | 67.3% | 30.8% | 100% (214) |
| | Type of insurance | | | | | 0.3 | | Public | 3.5% | 76.3% | 20.1% | 100% (910) | | Private | 2.8% | 81.3% | 15.7% | 100% (209) |
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