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Table 3 Loading of the observed variables for their latent variables in the final model

From: Factors related to children’s caries: a structural equation modeling approach

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Observed variables

Factor loading

SES

Mother’s education

0.95

Mother’s occupation

0.45

Father’s education

0.84

Father’s occupation

0.41

Family monthly income (per-capital)

0.37

Caregivers’ oral health knowledge

Score for cause of caries

0.63

Score for prevention of caries

0.76

Score for cause of periodontitis

0.76

Score for prevention of periodontitis

0.86

Caregivers’ oral health attitudes

Caregivers’ oral health attitudes

1.00

Caregivers’ oral health practices

Caregivers’ frequencies of sugary snack intake

0.77

Caregiver’s frequency of toothbrushing

0.48

Children’s oral health practices

Children’s frequencies of sugary snack intake

0.77

Children’s frequencies of toothbrushing

0.35

Age of beginning to brush teeth

0.35

Children’s caries

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1.00