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Table 1 Participants’ demographic characteristics and gender comparison

From: Associations of self-repression with disordered eating and symptoms of other psychopathologies for men and women

 

Men (n = 92)

Women (n = 144)

Whole sample (N = 236)

Significance

Age

M = 35.36 + 12.50

M = 25.12 + 5.20

M = 29.11 + 10.10

t = 8.73***

BMI

M = 24.48 + 3.25

M = 22.71 + 3.69

M = 23.4 + 3.62

t = 3.77***

Mother tongue

92.4% Hebrew

2.1% Arabic

2.1% Russian

3.3% other

91.7% Hebrew

2.6% Arabic

2.4% Russian

3.3% other

91.9% Hebrew

2.5% Arabic

2.3% Russian

3.3% other

χ2 = 0.04

Religion

94.6% Jewish

2.2% Muslim

3.2% other

97.2% Jewish

2.8% Muslim

96.2% Jewish

2.5% Muslim

1.3% other

χ2 = 1.08

Education

31.5% high school

33.7% BA

25% MA

9.8% other

63.9% high school

25% BA

6.9% MA

4.2% other

51.2% high school

28.4% BA

14% MA

6.4% other

χ2 = 34.94***

Sexual orientation

96.7% heterosexual

1.1% homosexual 1.1% bisexual

1.1% other

95.8% heterosexual

2.1% lesbian

0.7% bisexual

1.4% other

96.1% heterosexual

1.7% homosexual

0.9% bisexual

1.3% other

χ2 = 0.46

Marital status

39.1% single

46.7% married

10.9% in a relationship

3.3% other

71.5% single

11.8% married

16% in a relationship

0.7% other

58.9% single

25.4% married

14% in a relationship

1.6% other

χ2 = 41.23***

  1. BMI body mass index
  2. ***p < .001 (2-tailed)