Table 4.

Hierarchal linear regression of the multiple problem behavior index^b on socio-demographics protective factors, and risk factors among students^a.

		I	II	III	IV	V	VI
Socio-demographic factors	Gender (0 = female, 1 = male)	0.202***			0.227***	0.211***	0.239***
	Marital status (single = 1; married = 0)	0.074*			0.086*	0.070*	0.086*
	Income (0 ≤ 7,000 NIS, 6 =  more than 25,000 NIS)	0.110***			0.120**	0.119***	0.121**
Protective factors	Religious beliefs (0 = less religious … 4 = more religious)		−0.111**		−0.107*		−0.111**
	Individual controls protective factors academic achievements (including items study 1–4; 0 = less … 4 = more)		−0.107**		−0.086*		−0.096*
Risk factors	Opportunity risk factor (acquiring alcohol)			0.149*		–	–
	Parents live together (0 = yes, 1 = no)			−0.150*		–	–
	Vulnerability Risk Factors (self + security)			0.253***		0.102***	0.098*
	Adjusted R2	0.062***	0.022***	0.092***	0.097***	0.071***	0.104***
	N	1,150	626	234	534	1,150	534

^aWeighted sample by gender. Significant: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

^bThe multiple problem behavior index (MPBI) was built of 17 risk behaviors shown in the continuation of Table 1.

All behaviors were standardized and the mean was computed.