Health may be compromised by social interactions depending on culture among postpartum Arab and Jewish Israeli women

Table 3 Self-reported health outcomes one versus four months after childbirth in Jewish and Arab women (Mean, SD, T-Test, Wilcoxon Test)

Variable		Jews (N = 202)				p	Arabs (N = 203)				p
		1 Month		4 Months			1 Month		4 Months
		M	SD	M	SD		M	SD	M	SD
Health^a problems	Mean	2.44	0.84	2.27	0.77	0.001	2.59	0.44	2.36	0.63	< 0.001
	Physical	2.63	0.93	2.43	0.86	< 0.001	2.75	0.41	2.51	0.67	< 0.001
	Mental	2.04	0.90	1.93	0.80	< 0.001	2.26	0.70	2.07	0.80	< 0.001
Self-Reported Health^b		3.77	0.45	3.74	0.48	0.28	3.53	0.54	3.62	0.57	0.005

Note. Changes in health between one and four months were measured within each group using paired t-tests for health problems and Wilcoxon’s tests for self-reported health
^a Range 1–5 ^b Range 1–4

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