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Table 2 Neighborhood violence and disorder among Palestinian-Arab and Jewish women and associations with anxiety

From: Residential segregation, neighborhood violence and disorder, and inequalities in anxiety among Jewish and Palestinian-Arab perinatal women in Israel

Neighborhood violence and disorder

Total

Jewish (N = 965)

68.9%

Arab (N = 436)

31.1%

Pa

Anxiety (N = 666)

47.8%

Pa

N

N (%)

N (%)

 

1. Garbage in the street or on the sidewalk

   

< 0.001

 

0.003

 No

732

556 (57.7)

176 (40.5)

 

321 (44.0)

 

 Yes

667

408 (42.3)

259 (59.5)

 

344 (52.0)

 

2. Empty buildings or abandoned cars

11,061

802

 

< 0.001

 

0.003

 No

1106

802 (83.2)

304 (70.0)

 

503 (45.9)

 

 Yes

292

162 (16.8)

130 (30.0)

 

162 (55.5)

 

3. Neglected or missing sidewalks

974

  

< 0.001

 

0.021

 No

974

4

24

730 (75.7)

234

244 (56.2)

 

442 (45.8)

 

 Yes

424

234 (24.3)

190 (43.8)

 

222 (52.5)

 

4. Loitering of drug dealers or criminals

   

< 0.001

 

0.019

 No

1192

202

860 (89.4)

102

332 (76.9)

100

 

553 (46.6)

 

 Yes

202

102 (10.6)

100 (23.1)

 

110 (55.6)

 

5. Groups of children, youth or adults who act improperly or wildly

   

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 No

910

663 (68.8)

247 (56.8)

 

400 (44.3)

 

 Yes

489

301 (31.2)

188 (43.2)

 

265 (54.4)

 

6. Vandalism or property damage

 

757

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 No

1044

354

575 (78.5)

207

287 (66.1)

14

 

467 (45.0)

 

 Yes

354

207 (21.5)

147 (33.9)

 

197 (56.1)

 

7. Drug use or overuse of alcohol

   

< 0.001

 

0.003

 No

1206

191

854 (88.7)

109 (

352 (81.1)

82

 

554 (46.2)

 

 Yes

191

109 (11.3)

82 (18.9)

 

109 (57.7)

 

8. Police harassment

9

  

< 0.001

 

0.012

 No

1320

78

924 (96.0)

39

396 (91.0)

39

 

616 (47.0)

 

 Yes

78

39 (4.0)

39 (9.0)

 

48 (61.5)

 

9. Shooting or murder of people on the street

   

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 No

1224

175

917 (95.1)

4

307 (70.6)

 

557 (45.8)

 

 Yes

175

47 (4.9)

128 (29.4)

 

108 (61.7)

 

10. People scared to walk on the street at night

   

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 No

1062

257

812 (85.7)

250 (67.2)

 

471 (44.4)

 

 Yes

257

135 (14.3)

122 (32.8)

 

144 (56.3)

 

Neighborhood violence and disorder (total)

   

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 No problem

435

343 (35.5)

92 (21.1)

 

168 (38.9)

 

 Low severity

594

466 (48.3)

128 (29.4)

 

298 (50.2)

 

 High severity

379

156 (16.2)

46 (49.5)

 

200 (54.6)

 
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