Table 3 Logit models for dental care use and for unmet access to dental care use – Ontario^a

Variables

Odds

P > |z|

Odds

P > |z|

Odds

P > |z|

Ratio

Std. Err.

z

Ratio

Std. Err.

z

Ratio

Std. Err.

z

 Poor or very poor self-assessed dental health status (ref good or fair

1.07

0.0885

0.81

0.417

0.909

1.2579

0.82

0.0927

−1.72

0.086

0.6611

1.0277

0.60

0.1209

−2.54

0.011

0.4036

0.8898

 Brushe teeth at least twice a day

1.42

0.1368

3.66

0.000

1.178

1.7170

0.59

0.0751

−4.16

0.000

0.4572

0.7546

0.67

0.1279

−2.08

0.038

0.4652

0.9781

 Affected by diabetes (ref. no diabetes)

0.80

0.1077

−1.66

0.097

0.614

1.0411

1.32

0.2422

1.52

0.127

0.9234

1.8933

2.06

0.5377

2.77

0.006

1.2361

3.4368

 Obese (ref. Not obese)

0.91

0.0867

−1.02

0.306

0.7520

1.0936

0.87

0.1146

−1.08

0.282

0.6697

1.1240

0.95

0.1879

−0.27

0.789

0.6431

1.3983

 Current smoker (ref. Non-smoker or past smoker)

0.59

0.0645

−4.81

0.000

0.479

0.7337

1.65

0.2005

4.09

0.000

1.2962

2.0897

1.54

0.2762

2.41

0.016

1.0839

2.1890

 Regular drinker (ref. Non driker or, occasional drinker)

1.43

0.1327

3.87

0.000

1.193

1.7163

0.71

0.0799

−3.04

0.002

0.5695

0.8852

0.89

0.1598

− 0.65

0.513

0.6250

1.2644

 Immigrant (ref. Local)

0.85

0.0976

−1.44

0.150

0.676

1.0617

1.00

0.1512

0.03

0.980

0.7472

1.3486

1.29

0.2929

1.13

0.259

0.8280

2.0144

 Nonwhite (ref. White)

0.85

0.1190

−1.18

0.238

0.643

1.1158

1.18

0.2130

0.93

0.352

0.8307

1.6830

0.57

0.1512

−2.13

0.033

0.3361

0.9561

 Aboriginal (ref. Non aboriginal)

0.72

0.1298

−1.81

0.070

0.508

1.0275

1.74

0.3921

2.48

0.013

1.1234

2.7105

1.24

0.3385

0.77

0.441

0.7218

2.1134

 Low education secondary (ref.)

0.62

0.0881

−3.35

0.001

0.472

0.8217

1.23

0.1984

1.27

0.203

0.8950

1.6857

0.98

0.2412

−0.09

0.926

0.6025

1.5852

 Education level high

1.20

0.1188

1.8

0.072

0.984

1.4524

0.67

0.0771

−3.47

0.001

0.5364

0.8413

1.00

0.1925

0.01

0.993

0.6874

1.4597

 Living in a house rented (ref. home owner)

0.63

0.0592

−4.96

0.000

0.520

0.7534

1.73

0.2262

4.21

0.000

1.3410

2.2374

2.14

0.3960

4.09

0.000

1.4845

3.0710

 (ref. not food insecure) Moderately food insecure

0.69

0.1098

−2.31

0.021

0.509

0.9466

1.46

0.2891

1.89

0.058

0.9869

2.1491

1.65

0.4458

1.86

0.063

0.9737

2.8038

 Highly Food insecure

0.66

0.1543

−1.78

0.076

0.418

1.0438

1.99

0.5477

2.51

0.012

1.1640

3.4162

2.28

0.7238

2.59

0.009

1.2233

4.2472

 Has dental insurance (ref. no dental insurance)

3.67

0.3259

14.62

0.000

3.081

4.3647

0.27

0.0322

−10.94

0.000

0.2100

0.3375

0.09

0.0184

−12.03

0.000

0.0633

0.1371

 Equivalized personal Income (log)

1.16

0.0652

2.73

0.006

1.0438

1.2999

0.86

0.0410

−3.27

0.001

0.7785

0.9393

0.84

0.0442

−3.26

0.001

0.7609

0.9343

 k

28.00

28.00

28.00

 chi2

585.18

528.80

388.27

 p

0.00

0.00

0.00

Observed

Observed

Observed

Coef.

Std. Err.

z

P > |z|

Coef.

Std. Err.

z

P > |z|

Coef.

Std. Err.

z

P > |z|

CN

−0.003

0.0007

−4.00

0.000

−0.0044

−0.0015

0.024

0.0028

8.33

0.000

0.0181

0.0293

0.027

0.0041

6.46

0.000

0.0185

0.0346

CM

0.113

0.0050

22.70

0.000

0.1036

0.1232

−0.362

0.0215

−16.85

0.000

−0.4044

−0.3201

− 0.415

0.0412

−10.07

0.000

−0.4959

− 0.3343

HI

0.116

0.0050

23.37

0.000

0.1066

0.1261

−0.386

0.0213

− 18.16

0.000

−0.4276

−0.3443

− 0.442

0.0405

−10.91

0.000

−0.5209

− 0.3623