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

Table 3

Association between types, time and use of dental services, participation in educational activities, and self-perception of health and oral health by Brazilian and international academics. Redenção e Acarape, CE, Brazil, 2019.

Variables	Participation in educational actions of oral health n (%)		“Great/good” perception of hygiene/oral health n (%)		Last visit to the dentist (years) n (%)		value
	Sim	Não	Sim	Não	<1	≥1
Use of dental services
Yes	147 (57.20)	110 (42.80)	122 (47.47)	135 (57.20)	162 (63.04)	95 (36.96)
No	24^1(25.81)	69 (74.19)	46 (49.46)	47 (50.54)	—	—
Type of services
Public	104^2(63.41)	60 (36.59)	83 (50.61)	81 (49.39)	102 (62.20)	62 (37.80)
Private	43 (46.24)	50 (53.76)	39 (41.94)	54 (58.06)	60 (64.52)	33 (35.48)

Pearson’s chi-square test; ¹ and ².