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Table 1 Background variables, mediators, and dependent variables of evacuees by residential area before evacuation

From: Coping, meaning in life, and quality of life during ongoing conflict: insights from Israeli populations

 

North

South

  

Characteristic

(n = 102)

(n = 119)

  

Background

M

SD

M

SD

t

d

Age

40.54

12.38

41.40

13.95

-0.48

-0.07

Traumatic life events

1.01

0.88

1.08

0.92

-0.54

-0.07

Income

2.83

1.28

2.84

1.32

-0.06

-0.01

 

n

%

n

%

χ2

 

Gender

    

0.32

 

 Male

29

28.4

38

31.9

  

 Female

73

71.6

81

68.1

  

Family status

   

0.16

 

 Married or in a relationship

58

56.9

78

66.1

  

 Other

44

43.1

40

33.9

  

Education

    

0.02

 

 Non-academic

49

48.0

56

47.1

  

 Academic

53

52.0

63

52.9

  

Questionnaire

M

SD

M

SD

t

d

Anxiety

2.66

1.81

2.44

1.87

0.89

0.12

Depression

2.63

1.94

2.39

1.87

0.94

0.13

Problem-focused coping - Self

18.98

4.98

20.22

5.80

-1.69

-0.23

Emotion-focused coping - Self

26.00

5.36

26.94

6.49

-1.18

-0.16

Dysfunctional coping - Self

15.77

4.39

15.70

4.24

0.13

0.02

Self-mastery

2.22

0.59

2.07

0.49

2.09*

0.28

Problem-focused coping - Other

17.47

5.84

18.89

6.88

-1.64

-0.22

PCS

50.13

9.51

48.62

9.76

1.16

0.16

MCS

35.42

12.59

37.81

11.07

-1.50

-0.20

Search for meaning

23.15

6.97

23.05

6.88

0.10

0.01

Presence of meaning

23.33

7.47

25.12

6.57

-1.89

-0.25

  1. Note. Data were missing for 26 cases for income and one case for family status. Higher self-mastery scores indicate a weaker sense of personal mastery. PCS = Physical Component Scale; MCS = Mental Component Scale.
  2. *p < .05