Table 1.
Sample characteristics (N = 12,035)
| Variables | Frequency | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Female | 6385 | 53.1 |
| Male | 5650 | 46.9 | |
| Ethnicity | Jewish | 9836 | 81.7 |
| Arab | 2199 | 18.3 | |
| Health Status | Fair | 11,543 | 96.6 |
| Poor | 406 | 3.4 | |
| School Grade | Sixth | 5654 | 47.0 |
| Eighth | 3044 | 25.3 | |
| Tenth | 3337 | 27.7 | |
| Parents Marital Status | Married | 10,072 | 83.9 |
| Divorced | 1466 | 12.2 | |
| Widowed | 252 | 2.1 | |
| Other | 212 | 1.8 | |
| Family size | Typical (1–3 children) | 6950 | 58.3 |
| Large (4 or more children) | 4963 | 41.7 | |
| District | Northern Israel | 4356 | 36.2 |
| Central Israel | 4715 | 39.2 | |
| Southern Israel | 2067 | 17.2 | |
| Greater Jerusalem | 897 | 7.5 | |
| School SES indicator | Low | 3069 | 25.5 |
| Medium | 4201 | 34.9 | |
| High | 4765 | 39.6 |