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

Table 6 Variables predicting health problems four months after childbirth, linear multivariate regression

Variable	Total population			Jews			Arabs
	B	Beta	p	B	Beta	p	B	Beta	p
Social support	−0.20	− 0.23	< 0.0001	− 0.37	−0.34	< 0.0001	− 0.07	− 0.097	0.145
Negative interactions	0.24	0.28	< 0.0001	0.21	0.20	0.003	0.28	0.37	< 0.0001
Perception of customs	−0.17	−0.22	0.001	−0.18	−0.13	0.045	−0.19	− 0.25	< 0.0001
Age	−0.002	− 0.02	0.74	− 0.01	− 0.07	0.28	0.008	0.06	0.28
Education	0.09	0.12	0.01	0.06	0.07	0.25	0.11	0.15	0.01
Type of Delivery	0.29	0.15	< 0.0001	0.46	0.21	0.001	0.13	0.09	0.15
Population group	−0.29	−.207	< 0.0001
Population group	F(8,577) = 23.80; p <.001 R² = 0.29			F(6,247) = 14.56; p <.001 R² = 0.31			F(5,003) = 19,27; p <.001 R² = 0.37

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