From: Factors related to children’s caries: a structural equation modeling approach
dmft | 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 | dmft | 1.00 |