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Table 4 Relationship between demographic characteristics and brushing behavior in the studied students

From: The role of correlated factors based on Pender health promotion model in brushing behavior in the 13–16 years old students of Guilan, Iran

Level

Brush at least 2 times a day

Brush less than 2 times a day

Total

p- value

Abundance

Percentage

Abundance

Percentage

Gender

Girl

279

74.6

95

25.4

374

0.001

Boy

329

85.0

58

15.0

384

Age

14–13

150

78.5

41

21.5

191

0.733

15

378

79.9

95

20.1

473

16

80

82.5

17

17.5

97

Number of children in the family

1

111

80.4

27

19.6

138

0.958

2

326

80.1

81

19.9

407

3

118

78.1

33

21.9

151

4 and above

47

79.9

12

20.3

59

Birth rank

1

308

79.6

79

20.4

387

0.950

2

203

79.6

52

20.4

255

3

61

80.3

15

19.7

76

4 and more

35

93.3

7

16.7

42

Father’s job

Employee

129

75.4

42

24.6

171

0.230

manual worker

65

87.8

9

12.2

74

Free

336

79.8

85

14.3

421

the farmer

24

85.7

4

19.7

28

Retired

49

80.3

12

23.3

61

Mother’s job

housewife

122

76.7

37

23.3

159

0.276

Non-housewife

485

80.7

116

19.3

601

Father Education

illiterate

21

95.5

1

4.5

22

0.016

Primary

93

89.4

11

10.6

104

Middle school or high school

160

80.4

39

19.6

199

diploma

196

77.2

58

22.8

254

Post-diploma, bachelor’s degree and higher

135

75.8

43

24.2

178

Mother’s education

illiterate

21

77.2

4

16.0

25

0.008

Primary

98

75.8

14

12.5

112

Middle school or high school

172

84.0

30

14.9

202

diploma

198

87.5

64

24.4

262

Post-diploma, bachelor’s degree and higher

119

85.1

41

25.6

160

The economic situation

Good

263

78.0

74

22.0

337

0.269

Medium / bad

343

81.3

79

18.7

422