From: Seeking a second medical opinion: composition, reasons and perceived outcomes in Israel
Characteristics | Sought a second opinion (n = 344) |
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Gender | |
 Male | 137 (35.8%) |
 Female | 207 (44.5%) |
Age group | |
 18–39 | 98 (38.1%) |
 40–59 | 120 (37.7%) |
 60+ | 126 (46.2%) |
Education | |
 Basic | 43 (35.5%) |
 High school | 157 (37.5%) |
 Academic | 143 (46.7%) |
 Missing values | 1 |
Personal status | |
 Living with a partner | 273 (42.7%) |
 Not living with a partner | 69 (34.2%) |
 Missing values | 2 |
Ethnicity | |
 Jewish | 285 (41.1%) |
 Non-Jewish | 54 (36.7%) |
 Missing values | 5 |
Religiosity | |
 Religious | 115 (39.5%) |
 Secular | 224 (41.0%) |
 Missing values | 5 |
Self-reported income group | |
 Well below the average | 84 (39.1%) |
 Around the average | 183 (37.6%) |
 Well above the average | 28 (50.0%) |
 Missing values | 49 |
Socio-economic level (by residential area) | |
 Low | 68 (33.7%) |
 Middle | 262 (42.7%) |
 High | 6 (46.2%) |
 Missing values | 8 |
Immigration | |
 Native-born and established immigrants | 312 (41.5%) |
 New immigrants | 32 (33.3%) |
Country of birth | |
 Israel | 220 (39.9%) |
 Europe/America | 37 (47.4%) |
 Soviet Union | 29 (29.6%) |
 Asia/North-Africa | 56 (47.5%) |
 Missing values | 2 |
Perceived Health status | |
 Very good | 128 (31.9%) |
 Good | 131 (42.4%) |
 Not so good | 80 (62.5%) |
 Missing values | 5 |