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Table 1 Study population characteristics by year. In the religion variable, mothers whose origin was reported “Circassian”, “Other Muslim”, “Other Christian”, “Unknown” or “Other” were all sub-grouped as “Other”

From: Increased rates of unattained developmental milestones among Israeli children between 2016 and 2020: a national report

 

Total number of children

 

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

n

 

422,534

439,369

456,681

455,942

394,236

Maternal education, n (%)

Elementary

9530

9715

9784

9842

8107

High School

117,661

121,669

125,123

122,749

104,013

Tertiary Education

35,500

38,634

42,597

45,359

42,425

Academic

124,969

133,136

140,590

142,639

123,922

Missing

134,874

136,215

138,587

135,353

115,769

Ethnic group, n (%)

Christian Arab

6241

6391

6545

6375

5374

Druze

8621

9012

9180

9129

7547

Jewish

248,900

257,901

266,650

269,929

237,924

Muslim Arab

94,202

99,691

102,199

99,663

84,921

Muslim Bedouin

1177

1917

3735

6202

7996

Other

9437

9730

10,170

10,318

8912

Missing

53,956

54,727

58,202

54,326

41,562

Sex of child, n (%)

Female

205,548

213,675

222,102

221,234

191,276

Male

216,986

225,694

234,579

234,708

202,960

Maternal birth country, n (%)

Ethiopia

6039

6323

6913

7069

6266

FSU

13,867

15,095

16,488

16,763

14,079

Israel

344,601

361,705

373,029

370,504

319,928

Other

25,293

25,239

25,326

25,883

23,835

Maternal employment status, n (%)

Employed

165,974

178,179

195,345

205,890

189,838

Unemployed

93,411

95,953

97,224

94,809

79,416

Student

15,608

17,519

19,318

20,128

18,225

Other

147,541

147,718

144,794

135,115

106,757

Maternal marital status, n (%)

Married

370,702

387,562

400,797

397,968

342,344

Unmarried

12,132

13,181

14,371

15,259

13,847

Divorced

5286

5244

5278

4860

3773

Other

34,414

33,382

36,235

37,855

34,272

Maternal age, n (%)

 ≤ 20

18,631

18,821

18,464

17,512

14,206

20–40

391,600

406,961

421,384

418,611

360,138

 > 40

11,831

12,865

13,929

14,506

12,984

Child’s age at time of estimation, n (%)

0–1

187,783

192,493

197,007

197,809

185,019

1–2

169,254

173,707

181,267

181,784

166,682

2–3

106,652

109,820

114,959

115,508

104,789

3–4

45,226

50,475

54,075

52,957

23,917

4–5

9602

10,850

12,000

11,760

9968

5+ 

15,888

18,666

22,194

21,439

9337

  1. In the maternal education level “Other” includes “Missing”, “No education” and “Studies in Yeshiva”. In the birth country variable, “Other” includes children whose mothers were reported as born in Europe, Other, Unknown, North America, Africa, Asia, South and Central America, Australia, and Oceania. In marital status, ‘Missing’, ‘widower’ and ‘other’ were reported as ‘Other’
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Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

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