Background
Health behaviours
Classifying individuals according to levels of engagement in multiple health behaviours
Sociodemographic characteristics associated with engagement levels in health behaviours
Methods
Participants and Procedure
Sample 1 (N = 7,091) | Sample 2 (N = 6,441) | |
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Gender (men) | 3444 (48.6%) | 3172 (49.2%) |
Age (in years) | ||
20–44 | 3768 (53.1%) | 3295 (51.2%) |
45–64 | 2216 (31.2%) | 1959 (30.4%) |
65+ | 1107 (15.6%) | 1187 (18.4%) |
Religiona | ||
Jewish | 5682 (80.1%) | 4936 (76.7%) |
Muslim | 891 (12.6%) | 987 (15.3%) |
Christian | 232 (3.3%) | 227 (3.5%) |
Druze | 135 (1.9%) | 132 (2.1%) |
Atheist or other religion | 150 (2.1%) | 155 (2.4%) |
Education levela | ||
Lower than high school | 1209 (17.3%) | 1057 (16.4%) |
High school | 2481 (35.5%) | 2237 (34.8%) |
Non-academic secondary certification | 1343 (19.2%) | 1055 (16.4%) |
Academic diploma | 1948 (27.9%) | 2086 (32.4%) |
Measures
Fruit- and vegetable consumption
Physical activity
Cigarette smoking
Sleep
Influenza vaccination
Sociodemographic variables
Latent class analysis (LCA)
Multinomial logistic regression
Results
Overall | 1- Healthy | 2- Mixed | 3- Unhealthy | ||
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Fruit- and Vegetable Consumption | Unhealthy | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0.22 |
Moderate | 0.69 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.74 | |
Healthy | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.04 | |
Physical Activity | None | 0.50 | 0.35 | 0.41 | 0.88 |
Insufficient | 0.28 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.04 | |
Sufficient | 0.22 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.07 | |
Smoking | Currently light | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.23 | 0.12 |
Currently moderate | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.29 | |
Currently heavy | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0.13 | |
Past smoker | 0.18 | 0.39 | 0 | 0.04 | |
Never | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.67 | 0.41 | |
Sleeping | Shorter duration | 0.51 | 0.66 | 0.13 | 0.73 |
Healthy | 0.45 | 0.31 | 0.85 | 0.19 | |
Longer duration | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.08 | |
Influenza Vaccine | Yesa | 0.22 | 0.45 | 0 | 0.11 |
Sociodemographic variables
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Gender | Men | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.41 | 0.55 |
Age | 20–44 | 0.54 | 0.40 | 0.70 | 0.57 |
45–64 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.25 | 0.33 | |
65 + | 0.15 | 0.24 | 0.05 | 0.10 | |
Religion | Jews | 0.81 | 0.88 | 0.74 | 0.76 |
Muslim | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.08 | |
Other | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.16 | |
Education level | Lower than high school | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.25 |
Secondary school completion | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.41 | 0.38 | |
Post-secondary non-academic | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
Academic | 0.28 | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.18 |
Overall | 1- Healthy | 2- Mixed | 3- Unhealthy | ||
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Fruit- and Vegetable Consumption | Unhealthy | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 0.24 |
Moderate | 0.49 | 0.42 | 0.29 | 0.73 | |
Healthy | 0.37 | 0.55 | 0.52 | 0.03 | |
Physical Activity | None | 0.50 | 0.11 | 0.52 | 1 |
Insufficient | 0.31 | 0.55 | 0.30 | 0 | |
Sufficient | 0.19 | 0.34 | 0.18 | 0 | |
Smoking | Currently light | 0.12 | 0 | 0.46 | 0.03 |
Currently moderate | 0.08 | 0 | 0.15 | 0.13 | |
Currently heavy | 0.02 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.06 | |
Past smoker | 0.18 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.16 | |
Never | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.38 | 0.62 | |
Sleeping | Shorter duration | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.44 |
Healthy | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.46 | 0.48 | |
Longer duration | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.08 | |
Influenza Vaccine | Yesa | 0.26 | 0.33 | 0.07 | 0.29 |
Sociodemographic variables
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Gender | Men | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.45 |
Age | 20–44 | 0.53 | 0.47 | 0.65 | 0.51 |
45–64 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.30 | |
65 + | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.07 | 0.19 | |
Religion | Jews | 0.78 | 0.87 | 0.75 | 0.68 |
Muslim | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.24 | |
Other | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.08 | |
Education level | Lower than high school | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.27 |
Secondary school completion | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.44 | 0.35 | |
Post-secondary non-academic | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.15 | |
Academic | 0.32 | 0.42 | 0.25 | 0.23 |