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Table 2 Mothers’ socio-demographic characteristics (N = 693)

From: Factors associated with seasonal influenza and HPV vaccination uptake among different ethnic groups in Arab and Jewish society in Israel

Socio-demographic data

Category

(%)

Age

25–35

14.72

36–40

41.56

41–45

31.02

46+

12.70

Number of children

2

13.71

3

39.11

4

28.86

5

12.55

6+

5.77

Mother’s education

Elementary

2.31

Secondary

10.10

Post-secondary

35.50

Bachelor’s degree

24.39

Master’s degree and higher

27.71

Monthly Income (Relative to the average monthly income in Israel)

Below 2500

2.05

2500–4000

5.43

4000–6500

14.81

6500–8000

18.91

8000–12,000

36.15

Over 12,000

22.68

Residential area

City

39.02

Village

56.07

 

Moshava

3.76

Kibbutzb

1.16

Level of Religiosity

Secular

42.77

Traditional

14.16

Religious

42.12

Ethnicity

Northern Bedouin

14.72

Muslim

24.53

Christian

20.78

Druse

17.17

Jewish

22.08

  1. aA moshav is a form of rural living unique to the State of Israel in which a group of residents live together in a joint financial arrangement. These residents are known as moshav members. Unlike the historical kibbutz framework, in the moshav the family is an independent financial unit operating in a framework of mutual assistance. Every moshav member is allocated a plot of land, which in most cases is used for agriculture [63]
  2. bA kibbutz is a form of communal living unique to Zionism, the pre-state Yishuv period and the State of Israel, based on Zionist aspirations to resettle the Land of Israel as well as on the socialist values of human equality and of a joint economy and ideology. A kibbutz is usually a small locality with only a few hundred residents and supports itself through agriculture and industry [64]