Socioeconomic inequalities in self-perceived oral health among adults in Chile

Table 2 Descriptive statistics

Variable	Mean	SD	N
OHIP-14 score	33.29	12.05	1413
Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics
Sex	0.28	0.45	1413
Age
18–30	0.16	0.37	1413
31–40	0.24	0.43	1413
41–50	0.36	0.48	1413
51–61	0.25	0.43	1413
Head of household	0.70	0.46	1413
Married/partner	0.50	0.50	1394
Children under 5	0.21	0.47	1413
Children aged 5–18	0.91	1.03	1413
Education
Middle or less	0.17	0.38	1394
Incomplete secondary school	0.19	0.39	1394
Complete secondary school	0.45	0.50	1394
Higher Education	0.20	0.40	1394
Employed full time	0.47	0.50	1413
Employed part time	0.20	0.40	1413
Healthcare system
Public Insurance A (most vulnerable)	0.29	0.46	1413
Public Insurance B	0.30	0.46	1413
Public Insurance C	0.26	0.44	1413
Public Insurance D (least vulnerable)	0.14	0.34	1413
Public Insurance unknown category	0.01	0.12	1413
Clinically assessed oral health
Any missing front teeth	0.35	0.48	1413
Caries
Less than 6	0.84	0.37	1413
6–11	0.14	0.35	1413
12 or more	0.02	0.14	1413
Teeth lost due to caries
Less than 6	0.44	0.50	1413
6–11	0.31	0.46	1413
12 or more	0.25	0.43	1413
Malocclusion	0.81	0.40	1413
Instrumental variables
Distance to subway	0.50	0.50	1413
Travel time to campus
Tertile 1	0.49	0.50	1413
Tertile 2	0.41	0.49	1413
Tertile 3	0.10	0.30	1413
Other variables of interest
Oral health and behaviour
Any missing teeth	0.93	0.26	1413
Any caries	0.98	0.14	1413
Prosthetic need	0.84	0.37	1413
Reported daily tooth brushing frequency	2.75	0.87	1413
Dental visit within past year	0.32	0.47	1413
Bad or regular self-rated oral health	0.98	0.14	1413
Rosenberg self-esteem scale	27.94	4.42	1413

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