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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the sample

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Demographic characteristics of those who completed the whole questionnaire, and those who did not

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Total

Count

Column N %

Count

Column N %

Count

Column N %

Total

45

100%

225

100%

270

100%

sex

 male

13

28.9%

98

44.1%

111

41.6%

 female

32

71.1%

124

55.9%

156

58.4%

HMO

 Clalit

19

43.2%

107

47.8%

126

47.0%

 Maccabi

18

40.9%

77

34.4%

95

35.4%

 Leumit

2

4.5%

18

8.0%

20

7.5%

 Meuhedet

5

11.4%

22

9.8%

27

10.1%

Age (mean and Std)

42

Std = 12

M = 35

Std = 14

M = 36

 

Income (the national monthly average wage is 7500 nis

 Below average

11

25.0%

121

53.8%

132

49.1%

 Average

5

11.4%

17

7.6%

22

8.2%

 Above average

23

52.3%

59

26.2%

82

30.5%

 Far above average

5

11.4%

28

12.4%

33

12.3%

Education

 High school

7

15.6%

73

32.6%

80

29.7%

 Academic

36

80.0%

136

60.7%

172

63.9%

 Professional

1

2.2%

2

0.9%

3

1.1%

 other

1

2.2%

13

5.8%

14

5.2%

Religiosity

 secular

41

91.1%

196

87.1%

237

87.8%

 traditional

2

4.4%

22

9.8%

24

8.9%

 observant

2

4.4%

7

3.1%

9

3.3%

 Haredi

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Familial Status

 Single

11

24.4%

127

57.0%

138

51.5%

 Married

34

75.6%

91

40.8%

125

46.6%

 Divorced

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

 Widower

0

0.0%

5

2.2%

5

1.9%

 Total

45

100.0%

223

100.0%

268

100.0%

Birth Country

 Israel

22

50.0%

126

56.3%

148

55.2%

 Former Soviet Union

5

11.4%

23

10.3%

28

10.4%

 France

1

2.3%

2

0.9%

3

1.1%

 Ethiopia

0

0.0%

1

0.4%

1

0.4%

 other

16

36.4%

72

32.1%

88

32.8%

 Total

44

100.0%

224

100.0%

268

100.0%