Chen M
Health Educ Q. 1986 Summer;13(2):105-15. doi: 10.1177/109019818601300201.
Data collected from a national family dental survey were used to study the relationships between the sociodemographic characteristics and the preventive dental behavior of wives, husbands, and children. A canonical correlational analysis showed that preventive dental behavior of family members including toothbrushing, flossing, and preventive dental visits, significantly correlated with sociodemographic characteristics (level of education, income, occupation, population density, age, family size, and presence of children). The relationships studied accounted for 11-15% of the variance in the preventive dental behavior of family members. However, the patterns of correlation for different family members varied. The extent of the effects of various sociodemographic variables on preventive dental behavior were not uniform and the degrees of responsiveness of toothbrushing, flossing, and dental visits to the influence of sociodemographic characteristics were also different. The results of the study are compared with those of previous studies. The implications of the findings are discussed.
从一项全国家庭牙科调查收集的数据用于研究社会人口统计学特征与妻子、丈夫和孩子的预防性牙科行为之间的关系。典型相关分析表明，家庭成员的预防性牙科行为，包括刷牙、使用牙线和预防性牙科就诊，与社会人口统计学特征（教育水平、收入、职业、人口密度、年龄、家庭规模和孩子的存在情况）显著相关。所研究的关系解释了家庭成员预防性牙科行为中11% - 15%的变异。然而，不同家庭成员的相关模式有所不同。各种社会人口统计学变量对预防性牙科行为的影响程度并不一致，刷牙、使用牙线和牙科就诊对社会人口统计学特征影响的反应程度也不同。将该研究结果与先前研究的结果进行了比较。讨论了研究结果的意义。
