Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the study population
| Jews (N = 827) |
Arabs (N = 605) |
P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age mean (SD) | 57.8 (14.9) | 50.5 (13.4) | < 0.001 | |
| Age categorical | 25–44 | 179 (21.9) | 206 (34.2) | < 0.001 |
| 45–64 | 335 (41.0) | 302 (50.2) | ||
| 65+ | 304 (37.1) | 94 (15.6) | ||
| Gender | Males | 374 (45.2) | 258 (42.6) | 0.333 |
| Females | 453 (54.8) | 347 (57.4) | ||
| Marital status | Unmarried | 183 (22.2) | 91 (15.0) | 0.001 |
| Married/live with a partner | 643 (77.8) | 514 (85.0) | ||
| Children under age 18 | 1.0 (1.6) | 1.3 (1.7) | < 0.001 | |
| Employment | Employed | 482 (58.6) | 311 (51.5) | < 0.001 |
| Unemployed | 22 (2.7) | 46 (7.6) | ||
| Other (pensioner housewife, other) | 319 (38.8) | 247 (40.9) | ||
| Education | Less than high school | 280 (34.1) | 316 (52.2) | < 0.001 |
| High school | 109 (13.3) | 109 (18.0) | ||
| Higher education | 432 (52.6) | 180 (29.8) | ||
| Place of residence | Center | 383 (46.4) | 133 (22.0) | < 0.001 |
| North, South, Jerusalem (periphery) | 442 (53.6) | 471 (78.0) |