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Table 3 Demographic characteristics that predict agreement with the statement that Jews and Arabs should be allowed to occupy separate inpatient rooms

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

Demographic characteristics

Jews

Arabs

Odds Ratio Estimates (95% CL)

P values

Odds Ratio Estimates (95% CL)

P values

Level of religiosity

2.772 (2.171–3.540)

<.0001

1.950 (1.204–3.160)

0.0066

Gender male vs. female

1.049 (0.639–1.590)

0.8197

1.585 (0.852–2.974)

0.1458

Area of residence

0.892 (0.497–1.599)

0.7003

 

Age

1.006 (0.993–1.019)

0.3466

0.995 (0.973–1.017)

0.6292

Years of schooling

0.937 (0.882–0.995)

0.0330

0.854 (0.796–0.949)

0.0032

Self-reported health condition

0.987 (0.733–1.329)

0.9318

0.821 (0.531–1.270)

0.3757