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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study population

From: Patient satisfaction with primary care physician performance in a multicultural population

  

Jews

(N = 827)

Arabs

(N = 605)

P-value

Age mean (SD)

 

57.8 (14.9)

50.5 (13.4)

< 0.001

Age categorical

25–44

179 (21.9)

206 (34.2)

< 0.001

45–64

335 (41.0)

302 (50.2)

65+

304 (37.1)

94 (15.6)

Gender

Males

374 (45.2)

258 (42.6)

0.333

Females

453 (54.8)

347 (57.4)

Marital status

Unmarried

183 (22.2)

91 (15.0)

0.001

Married/live with a partner

643 (77.8)

514 (85.0)

Children under age 18

 

1.0 (1.6)

1.3 (1.7)

< 0.001

Employment

Employed

482 (58.6)

311 (51.5)

< 0.001

Unemployed

22 (2.7)

46 (7.6)

Other (pensioner housewife, other)

319 (38.8)

247 (40.9)

Education

Less than high school

280 (34.1)

316 (52.2)

< 0.001

High school

109 (13.3)

109 (18.0)

Higher education

432 (52.6)

180 (29.8)

Place of residence

Center

383 (46.4)

133 (22.0)

< 0.001

North, South, Jerusalem (periphery)

442 (53.6)

471 (78.0)