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Table 2 Sociodemographic variables associated with attitudes and knowledge of dental interns about dental shade selection.

From: Sociodemographic factors associated with knowledge and attitudes of Peruvian dental interns about dental shade selection

Variable

Category

Attitudes

p*

Knowledge

p*

Unfavorable

Favorable

Insufficient

Sufficient

f (%)

f (%)

f (%)

f (%)

Age group

< 29 years

35 (33.3)

70 (66.7)

0.024*

99 (94.3)

6 (5.7)

0.036*

≥ 29 years

47 (49.0)

49 (51.0)

82 (85.4)

14 (14.6)

Sex

Female

54 (48.2)

58 (51.8)

0.016*

101 (90.2)

11 (9.8)

0.945

Male

28 (31.5)

61 (68.5)

80 (89.9)

9 (10.1)

Place of origin

Capital

57 (43.8)

73 (56.2)

0.234

118 (90.8)

12 (9.2)

0.645

Province

25 (35.2)

46 (64.8)

63 (88.7)

8 (11.3)

Type of university

Private

54 (42.5)

73 (57.5)

0.515

114 (89.8)

13 (10.2)

0.859

Public

28 (37.8)

46 (62.2)

67 (90.5)

7 (9.5)

  1. f Absolute frequency; * based on Pearson's Chi-square, significant association (p<0.05)