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Table 1 The survey respondents compared to the Israeli population

From: Patient demands for ethnic–based separation in public hospitals in Israel: patients’ and practitioners’ perspectives

  

Jews

Arabs

Survey respondents

Israeli population (ICBS, 2016)

P (Chi-Square Test)

Survey respondents

Israeli population (ICBS, 2016)

P (Chi-Square Test)

N (%)

%

N (%)

%

Religion

Jewish

499 (100%)

100%

    

Muslim

   

192 (78%)

77%

0.7324

Cristian

  

29 (12%)

14%

Druze

  

22 (9%)

8%

Other

  

3 (1%)

1%

Gender

Men

229 (45%)

48%

0.2327

116 (45%)

48%

0.4224

Women

276 (55%)

52%

139 (55%)

52%

Age structure

18-25

39 (8%)

10%

<.0001

41 (16%)

15%

0.1257

26-40

89 (18%)

30%

71 (28%)

35%

41-65

230 (46%)

40%

118 (46%)

41%

66+

142 (28%)

19%

24 (9%)

9%

Years of schooling

0-12

164 (34%)

27%

0.0022

154 (61%)

57%

0.1787

13-15

126 (26%)

31%

51 (20%)

25%

16-17

199 (41%)

42%

48 (19%)

19%

Health condition (Self-reported)

Good

430 (87%)

86%

0.8839

226 (90%)

75%

<.0001

Not good

63 (13%)

14%

25 (10%)

25%