Table 4.

Logistic Regression Models for Being Hospitalized during the Last Year among Jews and Arabs

	Jews, N = 5,651			Arabs, N = 1,316			All, N = 6,967
Variables	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p
Jews (0) versus Arabs (1)	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.16	0.97–1.38	.11
Male (1) versus female (2)	1.41*	1.20–1.66	<.0001	1.34*	1.00–1.81	.05	1.39*	1.20–1.60	<.0001
No chronic diseases (0) versus presence of chronic diseases (1)	2.13*	1.78–2.57	<.0001	2.17*	1.55–3.04	<.0001	2.14*	1.82–2.52	<.0001
Age (continuous)	0.99*	0.98–0.99	<.0001	1.00	0.99–1.02	.62	0.99*	0.98–0.99	<.0001
Income**	0.69*	0.62–0.76	<.0001	0.92	0.71–1.18	.50	0.73*	0.66–0.80	<.0001
Education**	0.96	0.85–1.08	.50	0.94	0.74–1.18	.60	0.95	0.86–1.05	.32
Not married (0) versus married (1)	0.50*	0.41–0.60	<.0001	0.66*	0.45–0.99	.04	0.54*	0.45–0.64	<.0001

^*p < .05.

^**Income and education include three categories—1, low; 3, high as described in the Methods section.

OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.