Oral health behavior among school children aged 11–13 years in Saveh, Iran: an evaluation of a theory-driven intervention

Table 1 Comparison of demographic variables between the both groups

Variables	Experimental		Control		P-value
Variables	Number	Percentage (%)	Number	Percentage (%)	P-value
Sex
Boy	90	50	85	48.3	0.74
Girl	90	50	91	51.7	0.74
economic
good	107	59.5	101	57.4
medium	65	36.1	69	39.2	0.63
weak	8	4.4	6	3.4	0.63
Mother’s job
Housewife	135	0.75	128	72.7	0.60
Others	45	0.25	48	27.3	0.60
Father’s education
Illiterate	8	4.4	10	5.7	0.95
Elementary	26	14.5	23	13.1
Middle school	34	18.9	31	17.6
High school and diploma	59	32.8	61	34.6
Academic	53	29.4	51	29
Mother’s education
Illiterate	10	5.6	11	6.2	0.78
Elementary	30	16.6	38	21.7
Middle school	41	22.8	35	19.8
High school and diploma	62	34.4	58	32.9
Academic	37	20.6	34	19.4

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