Skip to main content

Table 4 Prevalence and measures of inequality for non-use of dental care, according to the education level among women

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in the non-use of dental care in Europe

 

Prevalence for non-use of dental care (%)

Measures of social inequalities for non-use

 

Primary education

Secondary education

Tertiary education

Diff (1)

RCI (2)

RII (3)

(95% CI)

Austria

3.2

1.8

2.2

1.0

−0.123

1.93

1.05-3.54

Belgium

4.0

2.1

1.6

2.4

−0.204

4.70

2.36-9.37

Cyprus

15.1

11.2

9.1

6.0

−0.112

2.43

1.71-3.43

Czech Republic

5.9

2.7

2.4

3.5

−0.126

2.86

1.71-4.77

Denmark

8.7

5.3

2.7

6.0

−0.251

3.59

2.01-6.40

Estonia

17.9

15.4

8.5

9.4

−0.132

2.90

2.26-3.73

Spain

7.2

4.5

9.1

−1.9

+0.176

2.44

1.81-3.29

Finland

2.0

2.9

1.9

0.1

−0.115

1.66

0.86-3.19

France

10.3

5.4

4.6

5.7

−0.084

3.09

2.25-4.24

Greece

8.6

5.0

5.2

3.4

−0.178

2.58

1.73-3.85

Hungary

13.9

9.2

6.6

7.3

−0.091

2.64

2.07-3.38

Ireland

4.4

3.4

5.6

−1.2

+0.004

0.64

0.40-1.01

Iceland

16.8

10.4

6.9

9.9

−0.166

3.00

1.70-5.27

Italy

11.6

8.8

9.4

2.4

−0.053

1.86

1.56-2.20

Lithuania

14.5

12.5

7.5

7.0

−0.074

2.91

2.01-4.20

Luxembourg

2.7

3.1

1.7

1.0

+0.000

1.21

0.55-2.61

Latvia

33.7

22.1

14.0

19.7

−0.120

3.01

2.39-3.77

The Netherlands

9.9

7.5

9.9

0.0

+0.050

0.75

0.51-1.10

Norway

18.1

9.3

7.4

10.7

−0.154

3.42

2.31-5.05

Poland

17.7

12.7

11.0

6.7

−0.009

1.62

1.35-1.94

Portugal

5.8

5.0

2.0

3.8

−0.208

2.48

1.30-4.71

Sweden

19.0

11.9

8.3

10.7

−0.103

2.76

1.88-4.06

Slovak Republic

11.5

3.9

2.3

9.2

−0.117

3.97

2.26-6.97

United Kingdom

3.2

4.3

4.7

−1.5

+0.006

0.69

0.44-1.07

  1. Calculated by the authors.
  2. Abbreviations: EU-SILC European Union Survey Statistic on Income and Living Conditions, Diff Difference, RCI Relative Concentration Index, RII Relative Inequality Index, CI Confidence Interval.
  3. Eurostat, EU-SILC 2007.