|
Variable
|
Value
|
Trust in COVID-19 policy*
| |
|---|
|
Low level (n = 56) [%]
|
High level (n = 56) [%]
|
p-value
|
|---|
|
Public health professiona
| | | |
< 0.05
|
| |
Public health physician
|
35.8
|
15.7
| |
| |
Researcher
|
34.0
|
33.3
| |
| |
Other health professional
|
30.2
|
51.0
| |
|
Professional seniority in public healtha
| | | |
0.751
|
| |
1–4 years
|
12.7
|
17.9
| |
| |
5–10 years
|
23.6
|
21.4
| |
| |
11–15 years
|
18.2
|
12.5
| |
| |
Over 16 years
|
45.5
|
48.2
| |
|
Gendera
| | | |
0.531
|
| |
Male
|
33.3
|
27.8
| |
| |
Female
|
66.7
|
72.2
| |
|
Religiona
| | | |
0.741
|
| |
Jewish
|
89.1
|
87.0
| |
| |
Muslim
|
7.3
|
1.8
| |
| |
Christian
|
1.8
|
9.3
| |
|
Level of religiositya
| | | |
0.429
|
| |
Secular
|
80.0
|
73.6
| |
| |
Traditional
|
9.1
|
9.4
| |
| |
Religious
|
10.9
|
15.1
| |
| |
Ultra-Orthodox
|
0.0
|
1.9
| |
|
Involvement in decision-making processesa
| | | |
0.654
|
| |
Low
|
78.6
|
75.0
| |
| |
High
|
21.4
|
25.0
| |
| |
Mean
|
SD
|
Mean
|
SD
|
**
|
|---|
|
Trust in Ministry of Healthb
|
2.52
|
0.786
|
3.91
|
0.769
|
< 0.001
|
|
Trust in Minister of Healthb
|
1.23
|
0.504
|
1.89
|
0.985
|
< 0.001
|
|
Trust in Prime Ministerb
|
1.59
|
0.848
|
2.64
|
1.23
|
< 0.001
|
|
Agec
|
48.7
|
12.8
|
50.2
|
10.1
|
0.530
|
|
Use of Israeli Security Agency toolsc
|
2.21
|
0.695
|
3.17
|
0.638
|
< 0.001
|
|
Personal compliancec
|
4.05
|
0.883
|
4.42
|
0.541
|
< 0.01
|
- *Percentage of participants with low and high levels of trust in COVID-19 policy by socio-demographic characteristics
- **Mean and standard deviation for levels of trust in the various agencies, age, use of Israeli Security Agency tools and personal compliance, between participants with low compared to high levels of trust in COVID-19 policy
- aPearson’s chi-squared test
- bMann–Whitney U test
- cIndependent samples t-test
