Table 1 Demographic characteristics by gender and ethnic group
| Males | Females | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jews N = 297 |
Arabs N = 134 | P. value |
Jews N = 309 |
Arabs N = 217 | P. value | |
| Age (years) |
51.9 ± 15.3 [50,30–85] |
41.0 ± 11.3 [37,30–88] | < 0.0001 |
49.6 ± 12.7 [50,30–79] |
42.2 ± 9.5 [40,30–65] | < 0.0001 |
| Family status | ||||||
| Single | 51 (17.2) | 31 (23.1) | 0.1444 | 84 (27.2) | 50 (23.0) | 0.2830 |
| In a relationship | 246 (82.8) | 103 (76.9) | 225 (72.8) | 167 (77.0) | ||
| Number of children |
2.8 ± 1.9 [3,0–13] |
1.7 ± 1.7 [1.5,0–8] | < 0.0001 |
2.7 ± 1.9 [3,0–11] |
2.5 ± 1.9 [2,0–13] | 0.4464 |
| Education | ||||||
| 12 years or professional training | 142 (47.8) | 42 (31.3) | 0.0014 | 145 (46.9) | 65 (30.0) | < 0.0001 |
| Academic degree | 155 (52.2) | 92 (68.7) | 164 (57.1) | 152 (70.0) | ||
| Religiosity | ||||||
| Not religious/traditional | 232 (78.1) | 110 (82.1) | 0.3454 | 249 (80.6) | 171 (78.8) | 0.6162 |
| Religious | 65 (21.9) | 24 (17.9) | 60 (19.4) | 46 (21.2) | ||