Research Article

Online Medicine for Pregnant Women

Table 1

Sociodemographic and health characteristics of the study population (N = 120).

VariableResult

Age in years
 Mean ± SD27.4 ± 4.3
 Range18–38
Family status N (%)
 Single5 (4)
 Married115 (96)
Place of residence N (%)
 Beer-Sheva71 (59)
 Nearby city20 (17)
 Agricultural settlement11 (9)
 Bedouin sector18 (15)
Country of birth N (%)
 Israel98 (82)
 Former USSR12 (10)
 Europe5 (4)
 USA/Canada3 (3)
 Africa/Asia2 (2)
Years of education
 Mean ± SD11.8 ± 0.7
 Range9–14
Present work status N (%)
 Employed82 (68)
 Student16 (13)
 Unemployed22 (18)
Income
 Low63 (53)
 Average43 (36)
 High14 (12)
How would you rate your health condition? N (%)
 Excellent81 (68)
 Very good25 (21)
 Good4 (3)
 Reasonable8 (7)
 Poor2 (2)
Do you suffer from a chronic disease? N (%)
 Yes12 (10)
 No108 (90)
Population sector? N (%)
 Jewish93 (78)
 Bedouin27 (23)
Number of children
 Mean ± SD1.08 ± 1.31
 Range0–7
Week of pregnancy
 Mean ± SD20.87 ± 8.05
 Range7–37