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New oscillation criteria are given for the second order sublinear differential equation $${\left[a\left(t\right)\psi \left(x\left(t\right)\right)x^{\text{'}}\left(t\right)\right]}^{\text{'}}+q\left(t\right)f\left(x\left(t\right)\right)=0,t\ge t_0>0,$$ where $a\in C^1\left([t_0,\infty )\right)$ is a nonnegative function, $\psi ,f\in C\left(ℝ\right)$ with $\psi \left(x\right)\ne 0$, $xf\left(x\right)/\psi \left(x\right)>0$ for $x\ne 0$, $\psi$, $f$ have continuous derivative on $ℝ\setminus \left\{0\right\}$ with ${[f\left(x\right)/\psi \left(x\right)]}^{\text{'}}\ge 0$ for $x\ne 0$ and $q\in C\left([t_0,\infty )\right)$ has no restriction on its sign. This oscillation criteria involve integral averages of the coefficients $q$ and $a$ and extend known oscillation criteria for the equation $x^{\text{'}\text{'}}\left(t\right)+q\left(t\right)x\left(t\right)=0$.