Research Article
Socioeconomic Disparities in Iranians’ Preferences toward Dental Care Services: A Population-Based Survey
Table 4
Treatment/prevention services preference across demographic and socioeconomic respondents’ characteristics.
| | Do you prefer to go to the dentist for preventive services or to go for treatment? | Prevention | Treatment | Both | Total | Value (chi-square#) | | Frequency (%) | 320 (22.3%) | 587 (40.8%) | 530 (36.9%) | 1437 (100%) |
| | Age range | | | | | < 0.0001 | | <30 | 25.1% | 34.4% | 40.3% | 100% (429) | | 30–45 | 23.5% | 38.6% | 37.8% | 100% (574) | | 45–60 | 21.0% | 45.3% | 33.6% | 100% (247) | | >60 | 10.0% | 63.0% | 26.8% | 100% (149) |
| | Social class in the city | | | | | < 0.0001 | | Affluent | 27.6% | 39.3% | 33.0% | 100% (384) | | Middle | 23.5% | 37.5% | 38.9% | 100% (544) | | Disadvantage | 16.2% | 47.1% | 36.6% | 100% (467) |
| | Insurance | | | | | 0.44 | | Yes | 22.6% | 40.2% | 37.2% | 100% (1268) | | No | 19.9% | 45.3% | 34.8% | 100% (161) |
| | Dental insurance | | | | | 0.003 | | Yes | 26.6% | 36.2% | 37.0% | 100% (373) | | No | 20.9% | 39.1% | 40.0% | 100% (545) | | Unknown | 18.1% | 50.5% | 31.4% | 100% (210) |
| | Type of insurance | | | | | 0.08 | | Public | 21.5% | 41.5% | 36.8% | 100% (904) | | Private | 27.9% | 35.0% | 36.9% | 100% (211) |
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