Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants (n = 403)
| Variable | |
| Age, M (SD) | 30.18 (4.74) |
| Gestation week, M (SD) | 25.48 (9.44) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |
| Jewish | 233 (57.8) |
| Arab | 170 (42.2) |
| Family status, n (%) | |
| Single | 7 (1.8) |
| Married | 383 (95) |
| In a marital relationship without marriage | 9 (2.3) |
| Education, n (%) | |
| Elementary | 4 (1) |
| High school | 19 (4.8) |
| Post‐high school | 27 (6.8) |
| Academic | 350 (87.5) |
| Socioeconomic status, n (%) | |
| Below average | 88 (22.2) |
| Average | 279 (70.5) |
| Above average | 29 (7.3) |
| Physical health, n (%) | |
| Poor | 1 (2) |
| Average | 16 (4) |
| Good | 157 (39.1) |
| Very good | 228 (56.7) |
| Parity, n (%) | |
| Primiparous | 178 (44.4) |
| Multiparous | 223 (55.6) |
| At‐risk pregnancy, n (%) | |
| Regular | 297 (74.6) |
| At risk | 101 (25.1) |