Variables | Frequency of sugary snack intake | ||
---|---|---|---|
<once/day | ≥once/day | P-value | |
n (%) | n (%) | ||
Gender | |||
Boy | 365 (54.4) | 366 (55.4) | 0.721* |
Girl | 306 (45.6) | 295 (44.6) | |
Single child | |||
Yes | 490 (73.0) | 446 (67.5) | 0.027* |
No | 181 (27.0) | 215 (32.5) | |
Caregiver | |||
Mother | 591 (88.1) | 550 (83.2) | 0.021* |
Father | 34 (5.0) | 38 (5.8) | |
Grandfather or grandmother | 46 (6.9) | 73 (11.0) | |
Caregiver’s frequency of sugary snack intake | |||
<once/day | 545 (81.2) | 288 (43.6) | <0.001* |
≥once/day | 126 (18.8) | 373 (56.4) | |
Marital status of parents | |||
Cohabiting | 659 (98.2) | 650 (98.3) | 0.862* |
Not cohabiting | 12 (1.8) | 11 (1.7) | |
Mother’s education | |||
≥college graduated | 300 (44.7) | 305 (46.1) | 0.599* |
≤high school graduated | 371 (55.3) | 356 (53.9) | |
Mother’s occupation | |||
Employer/professional | 147 (21.9) | 143 (21.6) | 0.817* |
Employee/non-professional | 395 (58.9) | 399 (60.4) | |
Unemployed | 129 (19.2) | 119 (18.0) | |
Father’s education | |||
≥college graduated | 327 (48.7) | 328 (49.6) | 0.746* |
≤high school graduated | 344 (51.3) | 333 (50.4) | |
Father’s occupation | |||
Employer/professional | 223 (33.2) | 211 (31.9) | 0.465* |
Employee/non-professional | 426 (63.5) | 420 (63.6) | |
Unemployed | 22 (3.3) | 30 (4.5) | |
Family monthly income (per-capital) | |||
≥5000 RMB | 253 (37.7) | 271 (41.0) | 0.457* |
2000-4999 RMB | 284 (42.3) | 262 (39.6) | |
<2000 RMB | 134 (20.0) | 128 (19.4) | |
Mean(SD) | Mean(SD) | ||
Caregiver’s oral health knowledge score | 9.3 (3.4) | 9.0 (3.9) | 0.161** |
Caregiver’s oral health attitude score | 6.3 (1.5) | 6.1 (1.5) | 0.016** |