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. 2022 Dec 7;2(12):e0001239. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001239

Table 1. Sample characteristics.

COMBINED WB GS RANGE
VARIABLE Mean Std. dev. Mean Std. dev. Mean Std. dev. Min Max
GHQSCORE 9.06 5.01 7.95 4.53 10.94 5.22 0 34
Age 38.49 15.48 39.45 15.95 36.89 14.50 18 98
Household size (discrete) 5.52 2.59 5.14 2.38 6.15 2.80 1 24
Food Insecurity 2.13 2.74 1.18 2.16 3.73 2.86 0 9
Household food consumption 73.98 16.91 76.50 15.60 69.74 18.15 0 112
Human Insecurity 20.05 7.05 18.42 6.56 22.78 7.01 0 36
Shocks
Economic shocks 0.92 1.10 0.52 0.78 1.59 1.23 0 6
Political shocks 0.20 0.45 0.15 0.37 0.29 0.56 0 3
Political shocks_Gaza 0.95 0.92 0 5
Health shock 0.033 0.18 0.031 0.17 0.038 0.19 0 1
% % %
Women 50.93% 51.02% 50.76%
Below secondary education 60.95% 66.36% 51.84%
Secondary education 22.89% 21.27% 25.63%
Postsecondary education 21.68% 19.06% 26.08%
At least one household member employed 74.52% 82.90% 60.42%
SUBJECTIVE DEPRIVATION
Not deprived 61.91% 73.45% 42.50%
Little to moderately deprived 20.96% 17.43% 26.91%
Very deprived 17.13% 9.13% 30.59%
SUBJECTIVE SES
Rich (good) 3.03% 3.42% 2.40%
Middle class 70.23% 74.06% 58.75%
Poor 21.44% 17.23% 28.51%
Very poor 7.17% 5.28% 10.35%
n = 7723 n = 4843 n = 2880