Table 1 Characteristics of respondents who sought a second opinion in the public system vs. the private system (n = 339)

 Male

50 (37.3%)

84 (62.7%)

 Female

75 (36.6%)

130 (63.4%)

 18–39

41 (42.3%)

56 (57.7%)

 40–59

38 (31.9%)

81 (68.1%)

 60+

46 (37.4%)

77 (62.6%)

 Basic

20 (47.6%)

22 (52.4%)

 High school

56 (36.4%)

98 (63.6%)

 Academic

49 (34.5%)

93 (65.5%)

 Missing values

1

 Living with a partner

95 (35.4%)

173 (64.6%)

 Not Living with a partner

28 (40.6%)

41 (59.4%)

 Missing values

2

 Jewish

98 (34.9%)

183 (65.1%)

 Arabic

23 (43.4%)

30 (56.6%)

 Missing values

4

1

 Religious

51 (45.1%)

62 (54.9%)

 Secular

70 (31.7%)

151 (68.3%)

 Missing values

4

1

 Well below the average

40 (48.2%)

43 (51.8%)

 Around the average

57 (31.5%)

124 (68.5%)

 Well above the average

8 (30.8%)

18 (69.2%)

 Missing values

20

29

 Low

33 (49.3%)

34 (50.7%)

 Middle and high^a

86 (33.2%)

173 (66.8%)

 Missing values

6

7

 Native-born and established immigrants

106 (34.5%)

201 (65.5%)

 Immigrants (immigrated to Israel after 1989)

19 (59.4%)

13 (40.6%)

 Israeli

78 (36.1%)

138 (63.9%)

 European / American

14 (37.8%)

23 (62.2%)

 Soviet Union

13 (44.8%)

16 (55.2%)

 Asian / African

18 (32.7%)

37 (67.3%)

 Missing values

2

 Very good

49 (38.9%)

77 (61.1%)

 Good

44 (34.1%)

85 (65.9%)

 Not so good

27 (34.2%)

52 (65.8%)

Missing values

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