Socioeconomic and Demographic Contexts of Brazilian and International University Students Regarding the Use of Dental Services

Table 2

Association between sociodemographic and economic factors, participation in educational activities, and perception of health and oral health by Brazilian and international academics. Redenção e Acarape, CE, Brazil, 2019.

Variables	Participation in educational actions oral health n (%)		“Great/good” perception of oral health n (%)		Use of dental services n (%)		Types of dental services^dn (%)		Last visit to the dentist^dn (%)		value
	Sim	Não	Sim	Não	Sim	Não	Publ.^b	Priv.^c	<1 ano	≥1 ano
Nationality
Brazilians	98 (66.22)	50 (33.78)	74 (50.00)	74 (50.00)	148^2 (100.00)	—	94 (63.51)	54 (36.49)	1053 (70.95)	43 (29.05)
International	73 (63.86)	129^1 (36.14)	94 (46.53)	108 (53.47)	109 (53.96)	93 (46.04)	70 (64.22)	39 (35.78)	57 (52.29)	52 (47.71)
Sex
Female	82 (55.03)	67 (44.97)	82 (55.03)	67 (44.97)	120^6 (80.54)	29 (19.46)	76 (63.33)	44 (36.67)	78 (65.00)	42 (35.00)
Male	89 (44.28)	112^4 (55.72)	86 (42.79)	115^5 (57.21)	137 (68.16)	64 (31.84)	88 (64.23)	49 (35.77)	84 (61.31)	53 (38.69)
Age
≤25 years	122 (50.83)	118 (49.17)	126 (52.50)	114 (47.50)	187^8 (77.92)	53 (22.08)	118 (63.10)	69 (36.90)	114 (60.96)	73 (39.04)
>25 years	49 (44.55)	61 (55.45)	42^7 (38.18)	68 (61.82)	70 (63.64)	40 (36.36)	46 (65.71)	24 (34.29)	48 (68.57)	22 (31.43)
Income^a
≤1 MW	114 (47.11)	128 (52.89)	112 (46.28)	130 (53.89)	163 (67.36)	79 (32.64)	115^10 (70.55)	48 (29.45)	107 (65.64)	56 (34.36)
>1 MW	57 (52.78)	51 (47.22)	56 (51.85)	52 (48.15)	94 (87.04)	14^9 (12.96)	49 (52.13)	45 (47.87)	55 (58.51)	39 (41.49)
Place of residence
Countryside	50 (50.00)	50 (50.00)	47 (47.00) (53.00)	53 (53.00)	80 (80.00) (20.00)	20 (20.00)	58^11 (72.50)	22 (27.50)	58 (72.50)	22 (27.50)
Urban area	121 (48.40)	129 (51.60)	121 (48.40)	129 (51.60)	177 (70.80)	73 (29.20)	106 (59.89)	71 (40.11)	104^12 (58.76)	73 (41.24)
Participation in educational actions of oral health
	—	—	95 (55.56)	76 (44.44)	147^14 (85.96)	24 (14.04)	104^15 (70.75)	43 (29.25)	98 (66.67)	49 (33.33)
No	—	—	73 (40.78)	106^13 (59.22)	110 (61.45)	69 (38.55)	60 (54.55)	50 (45.45)	64 (58.18)	46 (41.82)
“Great/good” perception of oral health
Yes	95 (56.55)	73 (43.45)	—	—	122 (72.62) (27.38)	46 (27.38)	83 (68.03) (31,97)	39 (31.97)	87 (71.31)	35^17 (28.69)
No	76 (41.76)	106^16 (58.24)	—	—	135 (74.18)	47 (25.82)	81 (60.00	54 (40.00)	75 (55.56)	60 (44.44)

^aMW-minimum wage (2019) which is R$ 998.00; ^bPubl.-public; ^cPriv.-private; Pearson’s chi-square test; Fisher’s exact test; ¹; ²; ³; ⁴; ⁵;⁶; ⁷; ⁸; ⁹; ¹⁰; ¹¹; ¹²; ¹³; ¹⁴; ¹⁵;¹⁶; and ¹⁷. ^d Variable values based on a sample of 257 participants who used dental services.