Table 1 Associations between mode of communication and study variables (in percentages)
Variable | Oral Communication (n = 439) | Manual Communication (n = 413) | Combined Communication (n = 358) | Df | χ2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||||
 Male | 34.9 | 37.1 | 28.0 | 2 | 6.183* |
 Female | 38.0 | 30.3 | 31.6 |  |  |
Age | |||||
 18–24 | 35.8 | 30.9 | 33.3 | 2 | 7.816* |
 25–30 | 36.7 | 36.8 | 26.5 |  |  |
Ethnicity | |||||
 General | 43.9 | 22.8 | 33.3 | 4 | 262.402** |
 Ultra-Orthodox | 85.9 | 2.1 | 12.0 |  |  |
 Arab | 15.4 | 56.7 | 27.8 |  |  |
District | |||||
 Tel Aviv | 44.5 | 21.9 | 33.6 | 14 | 182.794*** |
 Center | 43.3 | 22.1 | 34.6 |  |  |
 Haifa | 32.2 | 29.4 | 38.5 |  |  |
 North | 27.7 | 41.4 | 30.9 |  |  |
 Jerusalem | 47.9 | 25.5 | 26.6 |  |  |
 South | 10.6 | 73.3 | 16.1 |  |  |
 Judea/Samaria | 69.7 | 12.1 | 18.2 |  |  |
 Ashdod/Ashkelon | 48.4 | 25.0 | 26.6 |  |  |
First-degree relatives with HL | |||||
 Yes | 27.3 | 40.1 | 32.6 | 2 | 55.309*** |
 No | 46.2 | 21.4 | 32.4 |  |  |
Assistive device | |||||
 CI | 53.6 | 14.0 | 32.4 | 4 | 295.155*** |
 Hearing aid | 36.1 | 29.7 | 34.2 |  |  |
 No device | 7.8 | 78.9 | 13.3 |  |  |