A rapid assessment of migrant careworkers’ psychosocial status during Israel’s COVID-19 lockdown

Table 2 Characteristics of migrant careworkers surveyed (N = 307) during COVID-19 pandemic, Israel, 2020

Variable		N	%
Sex	Male	67	21.8
Sex	Female^a	240	78.2
Age (years)	20–29	27	8.8
	30–39	154	50.2
	40–49	87	28.3
	50–59	25	8.1
	60+	1	0.3
	Missing	13	4.3
Country of Origin	The Philippines	180	58.6
	India	83	27.0
	Sri Lanka	28	9.1
	Nepal	3	1.0
	Romania	2	0.7
	Missing	11	3.6
Time in Israel	< 6 months	2	0.7
	6–12 months	13	4.2
	13–62 months	136	44.3
	> 63 months	152	49.5
	Missing	4	1.3
Visa Area^b	Area 1	86	28.0
	Area 2	165	53.7
	Area 3	52	16.9
	Missing	4	1.3
Resident Status	Exclusively full-time with employer	154	50.2
	Lives with employer on work days; apartment for rest days	131	42.7
	Does not live with employer at all	19	6.2
	Missing	3	0.98
Health Status	Good/Very Good	248	80.8
	Average/Poor/Very Poor	43	14.0
	Missing	16	5.2

^aincluded “prefer not to say” (n = 6)
^bArea 1- Tel Aviv and its suburbs; Area 2- Jerusalem, Haifa, and the Center; Area 3- the periphery

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