Table 1 Characteristics of eligible 9–18-month-old population at initiation (2005) and end (2014) of the intervention and 5 years later (2019)

All

71,601

99,036

107,130

Gender

 Male, n (%)

36,458

50,739

55,224

(50.9%)

(51.3%)

(51.5%)

 Female, n

35,143

48,297

51,899

Ethnic background

 Jewish, n (%)

43,221

69,146

74,778

(60.4%)

(69.8%)

(69.8%)

 Non-Jewish, n(%)

28,380

29,890

31,709

(39.6%)

(30.2%)

(29.6%)

Socioeconomic class

 Low, n (%)

37,999

46,864

48,025

(54.2%)

(48.3%)

(44.8%)

 Intermediate, n(%)

23,032

33,892

38,724

(32.9%)

(34.8%)

(36.1%)

 High, n (%)

9,031

16,754

19,320

(12.9%)

(17.2%)

(18.0%)