Table 2 Summary data on dental caries experience by sociodemographic characteristics and responses to global items (brackets contain row percentages unless otherwise indicated)
From: Concurrent validity of the short-form Family Impact Scale (FIS-8) in 4-year-old US children
Number of children with 1 + d3mfta | Mean d3mft score (sd)a | |
|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic characteristics | ||
Sex | ||
Male | 47 (22.3) | 0.7 (1.9) |
Female | 36 (18.3) | 0.7 (2.0) |
Race of child | ||
White | 11 (28.9) | 0.4 (1.4)g |
Black | 3 (50.0) | 1.0 (2.0) |
Other | 69 (19.0) | 1.3 (2.9) |
Parental education | ||
Up to high school | 33 (37.5)b | 1.6 (2.9)h |
Some college | 38 (16.7) | 0.5 (1.4) |
Masters or above | 12 (13.0) | 0.3 (0.8) |
Language spoken at home | ||
English | 64 (18.4)c | 0.6 (1.6)i |
Other | 19 (31.7) | 1.2 (2.7) |
Employed adult in home | ||
No | 15 (38.5)d | 1.4 (2.6)j |
Yes | 68 (18.4) | 0.6 (1.7) |
Responses to global items | ||
Health of child’s teeth or mouth | ||
Excellent | 11 (7.7)e | 0.3 (1.2)k |
Very good | 29 (17.0) | 0.4 (1.4) |
Good | 27 (37.5) | 1.5 (2.8) |
Fair | 13 (72.2) | 3.6 (3.2) |
Poor | 2 (100.0) | 5.5 (0.7) |
How much are your family’s daily lives affected by child’s teeth, lips, jaws or mouth? | ||
Not at all | 47 (16.4)f | 0.6 (1.7)l |
Very little | 24 (25.5) | 0.9 (2.2) |
Some | 9 (52.9) | 2.2 (2.8) |
A lot | 1 (14.3) | 0.1 (0.4) |
Very much | 1 (33.3) | 3.3 (5.8) |
All combined | 83 (20.3) | 0.7 (1.8) |