Perception of the threat of War in Israel- implications for future preparedness planning

Table 2 Adjusted and unadjusted odds-ratio of threat perception components according to correlated socio-demographic variables (N = 503)

Threat perception component	Variable^a	Unadjusted		Adjusted
Threat perception component	Variable^a	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
Likelihood perception (1 year)	Religion	2.08	(1.375, 3.143)⁺⁺	2.16	(1.415, 3.286)⁺⁺⁺
Likelihood perception (1 year)	Age	2.03	(1.418, 2.900)⁺⁺⁺	2.10	(1.456, 3.017)⁺⁺⁺
Likelihood perception (5 year)	Religion	3.14	(2.063, 4.768)⁺⁺⁺	3.29	(2.050, 5.297)⁺⁺⁺
	Age	1.70	(1.156, 2.490)⁺⁺	1.72	(1.099, 2.697)⁺
	Education	1.78	(1.193, 2.668)⁺⁺	1.61	(0.992, 2.606)
	Income	0.59	(0.385, 0.900)⁺	0.64	(0.409, 1.014)
Severity perception (to society)	Gender	0.63	(0.413, 0.956)⁺	0.62	(0.408, 0.963)⁺
	Age	1.71	(1.113, 2.618)⁺	1.73	(1.120, 2.680)⁺
	Place of birth	2.81	(1.606, 4.904)⁺⁺⁺	2.87	(1.630, 5.073)⁺⁺⁺
Severity perception (to family routine)	Education	1.62	(1.034, 2.528) ⁺	NR
Responsibility perception (Self)	Place of residence	0.57	(0.402, 0.819)⁺⁺	0.59	(0.410, 0.837)⁺⁺
Responsibility perception (Self)	Children under 18	1.44	(1.010, 2.047)⁺	1.40	(0.982, 2.005)

^aOnly variables found to correlate with the respective dependent variable are shown. The categorization of the independent variables are as follows: Religion: Jews = 1, other = 0; Age: under 40 = 1, over & including 40 = 0; Education: academic = 1, non-academics = 0; Income: more than average = 1, average or low = 0; Place of residence: north or south = 1, other = 0; Gender: male = 1, female = 0; Place of birth: veteran immigrant or native Israeli = 1, new immigrant = 0; Children under 18: yes = 1, no = 0. + p < 0.05 ++ p < 0.01 +++ p < 0.001

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