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Table 5 Logistic regression of the probability of non-use of dental care in 24 European countries

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in the non-use of dental care in Europe

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

 

OR

CI 95%

OR

CI 95%

OR

CI 95%

OR

CI 95%

OR

CI 95%

Age

0.995*

0.994-0.997

0.996*

0.994-0.997

0.997*

0.995-0.998

0.995*

0.994-0.997

0.997*

0.995-0.998

Sex

          

Men

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

Women

0.92*

0.89-0.95

0.92*

0.89-0.95

0.92*

0.89-0.95

0.91*

0.88-0.94

0.92*

0.89-0.95

Education level

          

Tertiary

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

Primary

1.39*

1.33-1.44

1.37*

1.32-1.43

1.52*

1.45-1.59

1.37*

1.31-1.43

1.51*

1.44-1.58

Secondary

1.23*

1.18-1.28

1.22*

1.18-1.27

1.14*

1.09-1.20

1.21*

1.16-1.26

1.15*

1.10-1.20

Marital status

          

Married

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

Divorced/Separate

1.64*

1.57-1.72

1.67*

1.59-1.75

1.61*

1.53-1.70

1.63*

1.54-1.72

1.57*

1.49-1.66

Never married

0.94*

0.90-0.98

0.95*

0.91-0.99

1.04

0.998-1.091

1.00

0.96-1.05

1.03

0.99-1.08

Widow

1.24*

1.17-1.31

1.23*

1.17-1.31

1.13*

1.06-1.20

1.23*

1.15-1.31

1.12*

1.05-1.20

Standard of living

          

Quartile 4

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

Quartile 1

1.04*

1.001-1.085

1.04

0.998-1.082

1.01

0.96-1.05

1.03

0.98-1.07

1.01

0.97-1.06

Quartile 2

0.99

0.95-1.03

0.99

0.95-1.03

0.96

0.92-1.01

0.98

0.94-1.02

0.96

0.92-1.01

Quartile 3

1.02

0.98-1.06

1.02

0.98-1.06

1.00

0.96-1.05

1.01

0.97-1.06

1.00

0.96-1.05

Professional status

          

Employees/Self-employment

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

Student

0.55*

0.51-0.59

0.55*

0.51-0.59

0.53*

0.49-0.58

0.57*

0.53-0.62

0.54*

0.50-0.58

Retired/pre-retired

0.87*

0.83-0.92

0.87*

0.82-0.91

0.79*

0.74-0.83

0.85*

0.80-0.90

0.79*

0.74-0.84

Other

1.45*

1.39-1.50

1.44*

1.38-1.49

1.45*

1.39-1.51

1.48*

1.42-1.54

1.46*

1.40-1.52

Density of dentists

          

>7

  

ref.

     

ref.

 

<6

  

1.14*

1.10-1.18

    

0.93*

0.89-0.98

6-7

  

1.13*

1.09-1.17

    

0.92*

0.88-0.96

Human development Index

          

HDI group 3 (HDI > = 0.952)

    

ref.

   

ref.

 

HDI group 1 (HDI < = 0.874)

    

1.51*

1.44-1.58

  

1.74*

1.65-1.83

HDI group 2 (HDI : 0.874 - 0.952)

    

0.79*

0.75-0.82

  

0.86*

0.82-0.90

codcare

          

1

      

ref.

 

ref.

 

0

      

1.15*

1.12-1.19

1.32*

1.26-1.37

R2

0.0161

0.0167

0.0286

0.0165

0.0312

  1. Calculated by the authors.
  2. (*)Significant to the error threshold of 5%;
  3. Abbreviations: EU-SILC European Union Survey Statistic on Income and Living Conditions, OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval.
  4. Eurostat, EU-SILC 2007.
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