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

Table 4 Associations between social interactions at one month postpartum and health measures at four months postpartum in Jewish and Arab women (Spearman correlations)

	Jews (N = 202)		Arabs (N = 203)
	Health problems	Self-reported health	Health problems	Self-reported health
Social support	−0.39**	0.32**	−0.32**	0.39**
Negative interactions	0.32**	−0.33**	0.49**	−0.55**
Conflict	0.31**	−0.33**	0.48**	−0.55**
Insensitivity	0.30**	− 0.25**	0.50**	− 0.50**
Interference	0.32**	−0.25**	0.37**	−0.43*
Perception of customs and traditions	−0.16*	0.28*	−0.52*	0.38**

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