Total Mothers Child Chi-square
No Brushing Brushing once daily Brushing twice daily Brushing 3 /daily No Brushing Brushing once daily Brushing twice daily Brushing 3/daily X2 P-value
1-1.5 N 49 34 15 0 0 48 1 0 0 14.640 <0.001*
% 8.75 69.39 30.61 0.00 0.00 97.96 2.04 0.00 0.00
1.5– 2yrs N 60 23 34 3 0 42 10 8 0 20.917 <0.001*
% 10.71 38.33 56.67 5.00 0.00 70.00 16.67 13.33 0.00
2– 2.5yrs N 98 43 40 13 2 69 20 9 0 15.430 <0.001*
% 17.50 43.88 40.82 13.27 2.04 70.41 20.41 9.18 0.00
2.5– 3yrs N 163 56 36 50 21 99 51 11 2 55.145 <0.001*
% 29.11 34.36 22.09 30.67 12.88 60.74 31.29 6.75 1.23
3– 3.5yrs N 190 59 45 63 23 106 60 22 2 52.947 <0.001*
% 33.93 31.05 23.68 33.16 12.11 55.79 31.58 11.58 1.05
Total N 560 215 170 129 46 364 142 50 4 111.002 <0.001*
% 100.00 38.4 30.4 23.0 08.2 65.0 25.4 08.9 00.7
Chi-square X2 117.49 52.37    
P-value <0.001* <0.001*    
Table 3: Frequency of Oral hygiene practice for both mothers and their children.