An analysis of some determinants of attitude toward fluoridation

Bibliographic Data

ID5368308
AuthorsA Stafford Metz, Andrea Metz (United States Department of Education, corresponding author)
Year1966
Volume44
Issue4
Pages477
Publication date1966-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueSocial Forces (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2575081
OpenAlexW4230301274
LanguageEN
Citations received7

Four variables, education, income, age, and number of children are simultaneously related to attitude toward fluoridation. The relationship of education to attitude toward fluoridation is largely explained by the other three variables. Income, age, and number of children, however, each bear some independent relationship to fluoridation attitude. These three variables are used to construct an index of predisposition to fluoridation and it is hypothesized that knowledge of fluoridation represents an intervening variable between this index and attitude toward fluoridation. The index and knowledge of fluoridation, however, have independent relationships to fluoridation attitude. Consequently, knowledge of fluoridation is incorporated into the index. Finally, this index is shown to account for a considerable amount of the variation in attitude toward fluoridation

Construct (python library) · Environmental health · Fluoride · Index (typography) · Statistics · Variables · Water fluoridation · Chemistry · Computer Science · Consumer Perception and Purchasing Behavior · Educational Systems and Policies · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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