Table 1 Baseline demographics and family characteristics of the participants by grandparent co-residence (n = 3,578).

From: Association between grandparent co-residence, socioeconomic status and dental caries among early school-aged children in Japan: A population-based prospective study

 

All (n = 3,578)

Grandparent co-residence

p

No (n = 3,247)

Yes (n = 331)

n

%

n

%

n

%

Sex

      

0.48

   Male

1,814

50.7

1,640

50.5

174

52.6

 

   Female

1,754

49.0

1,597

49.2

157

47.4

 

   Unknown

10

0.3

10

0.3

0

0.0

 

Age (month)

85.2

2.4

85.2

2.6

85.2

25.7

0.71

Living arrangement with parents

      

<0.001

   Living with two parents

3,265

91.3

3,020

93.0

245

74.0

 

   Lone-parent household

310

8.7

224

6.9

86

26.0

 

   Missing

3

0.1

3

0.1

0

0.0

 

Maternal education

      

<0.001

   Highschool graduate or less

1,235

34.5

1,093

33.7

142

42.9

 

   Some college

1,504

42.0

1,379

42.5

125

37.8

 

   College or University graduate

753

21.0

703

21.7

50

15.1

 

   Other

23

0.6

17

0.5

6

1.8

 

   Missing

63

1.8

55

1.7

8

2.4

 

Household income (yen)

      

0.010

   <3 million

376

10.5

329

10.1

47

14.2

 

   3 million ~ <6 million

1,434

40.1

1,309

40.3

125

37.8

 

   6 million ~ <10 million

1,118

31.2

1,028

31.7

90

27.2

 

   10 million and above

310

8.7

285

8.8

25

7.6

 

   Missing

340

9.5

296

9.1

44

13.3

 

Birth order

      

0.12

   Middle or last-born

1,896

53.0

1,734

53.4

162

48.9

 

   First-born or only child

1,682

47.0

1,513

46.6

169

51.1

 
  1. p value is derived from Chi-square test for all except where at least one column had less than 10 samples, then Fisher’s exact test as performed.