Table 1 Socio-demographic distribution (n (%)) of studied samples (Feb., Mar., Aug. 2020, Jan. 2021 and Jan. 2022)⁺

Gender

Female

284 (50.4%)

262 (51.3%)

256 (50.1%)

264 (51.8%)

251 (49.9%)

Male

279 (49.6%)

249 (48.7%)

255 (49.9%)

246 (48.2%)

252 (50.1%)

Age

Average ± SD

39.57 ± 14.09

39.28 ± 14.24

39.37 ± 14.09

39.84 ± 14.30

39.81 ± 14.77

18–35

258 (45.8%)

239 (46.8%)

239 (46.8%)

231 (45.3%)

229 (45.5%)

36–55

213 (37.8%)

195 (38.2%)

185 (36.2%)

188 (36.9%)

180 (35.8%)

56–70

86 (16.4%)

77 (15.1%)

87 (17.0%)

91 (17.8%)

94 (18.7%)

Religion

Jewish

456 (81.0%)

407 (79.6%)

407 (79.6%)

407 (79.8%)

403 (80.1%)

Other*

107 (19.0%)

104 (20.4%)

104 (20.4%)

103 (20.2%)

100 (19.9%)

Religiosity**

Secular

290 (63.6%)

267 (65.6%)

195 (47.9%)

188 (46.2%)

179 (35.6%)

Traditional

58 (12.7%)

52 (12.8%)

123 (30.2%)

121 (29.7%)

160 (31.8%)

Religious

59 (12.9%)

51 (12.5%)

47 (11.5%)

48 (11.8%)

73 (14.5%)

Ultra-Orthodox

49 (10.8%)

37 (9.1%)

42 (10.3%)

50 (9.8%)

91 (18.1%)

Place of residence

Haifa and North

199 (35.3%)

182 (35.6%)

176 (34.4%)

182 (35.7%)

124 (28.7%)

Tel-Aviv and Center

153 (27.2%)

143 (28.0%)

145 (28.4%)

133 (26.1%)

133 (30.8%)

South and Coastline Plain

120 (21.3%)

102 (20.0%)

108 (21.1%)

100 (19.6%)

96 (22.2%)

Greater Jerusalem

49 (8.7%)

46 (9.0%)

47 (9.2%)

48 (9.4%)

46 (9.1%)

HaSharon Region

42 (7.5%)

38 (7.4%)

35 (6.8%)

47 (9.2%)

33 (6.6%)

Birth place

Israel

487 (86.4%)

464 (90.8%)

455 (89.0%)

460 (90.2%)

380 (88.0%)

Outside Israel

76 (13.6%)

47 (9.2%)

56 (11.0%)

50 (9.8%)

52 (12.0%)

Family status

Coupled

414 (73.5%)

359 (70.3%)

355 (69.5%)

340 (66.7%)

351 (69.8%)

Single

149 (26.5%)

152 (29.7%)

156 (30.5%)

170 (33.3%)

152 (30.2%)

Children

Yes

382 (67.9%)

304 (59.5%)

310 (60.7%)

305 (59.8%)

316 (62.8%)

No

181 (32.1%)

207 (40.5%)

201 (39.3%)

205(40.2%)

187 (37.2%)

Family size

Average ± SD

3.94 ± 1.78

3.89 ± 1.79

3.83 ± 1.70

3.94 ± 1.83

3.93 ± 2.00

1–2 members

137 (24.3%)

130 (25.7%)

127 (24.9%)

121 (23.7%)

143 (28.4%)

3–5 members

337 (59.9%)

297 (58.1%)

312 (61.1%)

312 (61.2%)

279 (55.5%)

6 + members

89 (15.8%)

84 (16.4%)

72 (14.1%)

77 (15.1%)

81 (16.1%)

Education

 < K-12

95 (16.9%)

84 (16.6%)

89 (17.4%)

91 (17.9%)

86 (17.1%)

K-12 diploma

110 (19.5%)

113 (22.1%)

105 (20.5%)

106 (20.8%)

105 (20.9%)

Vocational

140 (24.9%)

111 (21.7%)

95 (18.6%)

110 (21.6%)

111 (22.1%)

Bachelor's degree

166 (29.5%)

146 (28.6%)

167 (32.7%)

139 (27.3%)

139 (27.6%)

Master's or above

52 (9.2%)

57 (11.2%)

55 (10.8%)

64 (12.5%)

62 (12.3%)

Income

Below average

230 (40.8%)

221 (43.3%)

233 (45.6%)

230 (45.1%)

217 (43.1%)

Average

117 (20.8%)

98 (19.3%)

108 (21.1%)

85 (16.7%)

91 (18.1%)

Above average

162 (28.8%)

130 (25.4%)

118 (23.0%)

116 (22.8%)

141 (28.0%)

Missing

54 (9.6%)

61 (12.0%)

52 (10.2%)

79 (15.5%)

54 (10.7%)

Employment

Part/fulltime employed

371 (65.9%)

332 (65.0%)

299 (58.5%)

294 (57.6%)

324 (64.4%)

Student

71 (12.6%)

71 (13.9%)

51 (10.0%)

50 (9.8%)

60 (11.9%)

Unemployed

42 (7.5%)

37 (7.2%)

73 (14.3%)

86 (16.9%)

50 (9.9%)

Self-employed

40 (7.1%)

34 (6.6%)

39 (7.6%)

27 (5.3%)

34 (6.8%)

Retired

29 (5.2%)

33 (6.5%)

28 (5.5%)

22 (4.3%)

31 (6.2%)

Missing

10 (1.8%)

4 (0.8%)

21 (4.1%)

31 (6.1%)

4 (0.8%)

Self-quarantine***

Were

–

44 (8.6%)

130 (25.4%)

220 (43.1%)

317 (63.0%)

Currently are

–

52 (10.2%)

22 (4.3%)

33 (6.5%)

45 (8.9%)