Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of survey participants (n = 501).
| Characteristics | Number (%) |
| Age (years), mean ± SD (range) | 44.81 ± 17.1 (18–91) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 242 (48.3) |
| Female | 259 (51.7) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Jews | 430 (85.8) |
| Israeli Arabs | 71(14.2) |
| Education | |
| Elementary school only | 29 (5.8) |
| High school | 220 (43.9) |
| Higher education | 252 (50.3) |
| Religiosity (Jews, n = 426)* | |
| Orthodox | 25 (5.9) |
| Religious | 39 (9.2) |
| Traditional | 122 (28.6) |
| Atheist | 240 (56.3) |
| Residence | |
| Urban | 382 (76.2) |
| Agricultural, village communities (including kibbutzim) | 35 (7.0) |
| Arab villages | 71 (14.2) |
| Settlements outside 1967 border | 13 (2.6) |
| Place of birth: (Jews; n = 430)† | |
| Israel | 241 (56.0) |
| Outside of Israel | 191 (44.0) |
| Income | |
| Below mean | 189 (40.5) |
| Mean (US $2000) | 132 (28.3) |
| Above mean | 146 (31.2) |
*Religiosity data were not obtained for Arab participants.
†All Arab participants were born in Israel.