German Adult Oral Hygiene and Health Literacy Survey, 5,000 Individuals

5,000 individuals from a quota-based sample of the general adult German population aged 18–74 years were surveyed. The data describes oral hygiene behavior, oral health literacy, and migration background, with a mean participant age of 47 years and 51% female. The dataset was authored by Ghazal Aarabi and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify associations between migration background and oral hygiene product use based on survey questions.
• Analyze the prevalence of oral health literacy levels within a nationally representative adult sample.
• Model the odds of specific oral hygiene behaviors using the provided logistic regression variables.

Strengths

• Sample of 5,000 individuals is representative in terms of age, gender, and federal state for German adults aged 18–74.
• Includes specific prevalence figures for behaviors like not using an electric toothbrush (35.5%) and brushing for less than two minutes (14.1%).
• Provides adjusted odds ratios (e.g., OR=0.79 for electric toothbrush use) for associations with migration background.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is contained in a 686.7 KB DOCX file, suggesting the underlying structured data may be small or embedded in a report.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Ghazal Aarabi.

Collection Method

Quota-based sample survey using common questions to measure oral hygiene behavior, oral health literacy, and migration background.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 05:35:02; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Germany.