Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of study participants by gender and age-groups (%).
| Characteristics | Up to 25 years old (n = 580) |
26 years and older (n = 780) |
Total (N = 1360)a | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males (n = 174) | Females (n = 406) | Total younger | Males (n = 506) | Females (n = 274) | Total older | ||
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| Ashkenazi (West Europe) | 28.2 | 36.9 | 34.3 | 34.7 | 38.1 | 35.8 | 35.2 |
| Mizrahi/Sephardic | 38.2 | 44.4 | 42.6 | 42.2 | 39.4 | 41.3 | 41.8 |
| ESSR/East Europe | 17.3 | 12.4 | 13.9 | 19.5 | 16 | 18.3 | 16.4 |
| Ethiopia | 0 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| Other (Arab/Druze/Bedouin) | 16.4 | 4.1 | 7.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 4.3 |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Single | 88.5 | 84 | 85.4 | 69.7 | 69.7 | 69.7 | 76.4 |
| Married | 11.5 | 16 | 14.6 | 30.3 | 30.3 | 30.3 | 23.6 |
| Have one or more children | 5.2 | 5 | 5.1 | 18.3 | 17 | 17.8 | 12.4 |
| Family monthly income | |||||||
| Least | 46.6 | 49.1 | 48.3 | 43.2 | 53.6 | 46.8 | 47.4 |
| Middle | 32 | 40.2 | 37.7 | 43.8 | 38.3 | 41.9 | 40.2 |
| Most wealthy | 21.4 | 10.7 | 14 | 12.9 | 8.1 | 11.3 | 12.4 |
| Permanent residence | |||||||
| Ariel | 10.8 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 13.8 | 14.6 | 14.1 | 12.3 |
| Judea and Samaria (not Ariel) | 19.2 | 22.7 | 21.7 | 18.9 | 7.3 | 14.8 | 17.7 |
| Elsewhere in Israel | 70 | 67.9 | 68.6 | 67.3 | 78.1 | 71.1 | 70 |
| Current residence | |||||||
| Student dorms | 19.2 | 24.9 | 23.2 | 14.3 | 13 | 13.9 | 17.8 |
| Home, with my parents | 60 | 50.1 | 53 | 35.8 | 30.8 | 34 | 42.2 |
| In Ariel, outside of the campus, in a house | 2.5 | 4 | 3.6 | 9.2 | 13.8 | 10.8 | 7.7 |
| In a house or apartment at a different place | 18.3 | 21 | 20.2 | 40.7 | 42.4 | 41.3 | 32.3 |
| Parental education | |||||||
| Higher education | 37 | 37.3 | 37.2 | 30.9 | 33.4 | 31.8 | 34.1 |
| High-school education | 63 | 62.7 | 62.8 | 69.1 | 66.6 | 68.2 | 65.9 |
aAll data were weighted by gender.