TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics of all respondents, those who did and did not participate in the follow–up interview, and the censoring–weighted sample
| Total n = 1613 |
Included in follow–up n = 840 |
Excluded from follow–up n = 773 |
Censoring– weighted sample n = 2453 |
Included vs Excluded |
Total vs Censoring– weighted |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted %a | Weighted %a | Weighted %a | Weighted %b | p valuec | p valuec | |
| Sociodemographics | ||||||
| Nationality | ||||||
| Jewish | 80.8 | 82.3 | 79.2 | 80.8 | 0.070 | 0.973 |
| Israeli Arab | 19.2 | 17.7 | 20.8 | 19.2 | ||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 49.4 | 48.1 | 50.7 | 49.4 | 0.313 | 0.934 |
| Female | 50.6 | 51.9 | 49.3 | 50.6 | ||
| Age, in years | ||||||
| 18–24 | 15.3 | 12.8 | 18.2 | 15.6 | 0.007 | 0.977 |
| 25–34 | 20.0 | 18.4 | 21.9 | 19.9 | ||
| 35–44 | 20.3 | 22.0 | 18.4 | 20.1 | ||
| 45–54 | 18.0 | 19.7 | 16.2 | 17.9 | ||
| 55–64 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 12.2 | 13.5 | ||
| ≥65 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.1 | ||
| Educational attainment | ||||||
| >High school | 58.5 | 59.7 | 57.1 | 58.1 | 0.318 | 0.620 |
| ≤ High school | 41.5 | 40.3 | 42.9 | 41.9 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 65.1 | 68.2 | 61.6 | 64.9 | 0.009 | 0.899 |
| Single/living with partner | 24.4 | 22.5 | 26.5 | 24.6 | ||
| Divorced/separated | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| Widowed | 4.6 | 3.2 | 6.1 | 4.7 | ||
| Household income | ||||||
| Above average | 32.6 | 35.2 | 29.4 | 32.1 | 0.024 | 0.482 |
| Below or at average | 67.5 | 64.8 | 70.6 | 67.9 | ||
| Religiosity | ||||||
| Secular | 58.1 | 61.3 | 54.6 | 58.0 | 0.036 | 0.983 |
| Traditional | 27.7 | 25.4 | 30.4 | 28.0 | ||
| Religious | 11.0 | 10.0 | 12.2 | 11.0 | ||
| Ultrareligious | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| Perceived social support | ||||||
| High | 39.6 | 40.2 | 39.0 | 39.3 | 0.581 | 0.879 |
| Medium | 23.3 | 23.9 | 22.6 | 23.3 | ||
| Low | 37.1 | 35.9 | 38.4 | 37.4 | ||
| Exposure to terrorism | ||||||
| Any direct exposure to terrorism | ||||||
| No | 24.9 | 23.4 | 26.6 | 25.1 | 0.143 | 0.789 |
| Yes | 75.1 | 76.6 | 73.4 | 75.0 | ||
| Any threat from terrorism | ||||||
| No | 34.3 | 32.1 | 36.6 | 34.4 | 0.062 | 0.802 |
| Yes | 65.7 | 67.9 | 63.4 | 65.6 | ||
| Any economic loss from terrorism | ||||||
| No | 76.2 | 77.8 | 74.4 | 76.2 | 0.125 | 0.996 |
| Yes | 23.8 | 22.2 | 25.6 | 23.8 | ||
| Loss of psychosocial resources | ||||||
| Low | 43.5 | 38.7 | 48.8 | 43.4 | <0.001 | 0.939 |
| Medium | 37.7 | 39.6 | 35.6 | 37.9 | ||
| High | 18.8 | 21.7 | 15.6 | 18.7 | ||
| Gain of psychosocial resources | ||||||
| Low | 37.9 | 36.5 | 39.5 | 38.1 | 0.404 | 0.934 |
| Medium | 27.9 | 29.1 | 26.5 | 27.7 | ||
| High | 34.2 | 34.5 | 34.0 | 34.2 | ||
| Psychopathology | ||||||
| Probable PTSD | ||||||
| No | 91.1 | 91.2 | 90.9 | 91.0 | 0.857 | 0.905 |
| Yes | 8.9 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.0 | ||
| Depressive symptoms, mean (SE) | 3.20 (0.10) | 3.22 (0.14) | 3.19 (0.15) | 3.18 (0.11) | 0.875 | 0.635 |
a
Weighted to account for oversampling of Israeli Arabs
b
Censoring–weighted sample includes all baseline (n = 1613) and follow–up (n = 840) wave data, with each person–wave serving as a distinct observation
c
Chi–square p–values for all categorical variables; independent sample t–test p–value for mean depressive symptoms.