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

Table 5 Variables predicting self-reported health four months after childbirth (multivariate logistic regression)

Variable		Total population				Jews				Arabs
	OR	95% CI		p	OR	95% CI		p	OR	95% CI		p
		LL	UL			LL	UL			LL	UL
Social support	1.81	1.30	2.52	< 0.0001	2.33	1.38	3.93	0.002	1.59	1.01	2.49	0.04
Negative interactions	0.53	0.38	0.74	< 0.0001	0.79	0.48	1.31	0.37	0.32	0.19	0.54	< 0.0001
Perception of customs	1.98	1.33	2.97	0.001	2.85	1.39	5.82	0.004	1.48	0.88	2.51	0.14
Age	1.04	0.99	1.10	0.13	1.11	1.01	1.23	0.03	0.99	0.92	1.07	0.89
Education	1.39	1.03	1.86	0.03	1.84	1.19	2.83	0.006	1.03	0.66	1.59	0.90
Type of delivery	1.22	0.62	2.39	0.56	2.07	0.64	6.73	0.23	1.00	0.41	2.42	0.99
Population group	3.02	1.43	6.35	0.004
Population group		x²₍₇₎ = 98.3; p <.000 Nagel ker ke - R² = 0.31				x²₍₆₎ = 44.37 p <.000 Nagel ker ke - R² = 0.29				x²₍₆₎ = 66.8; p <.000 Nagel ker ke - R² = 0.38

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