Demographics | Patients (n) | Statistics (%) |
Palestinian | 254 | 100 |
Male | 234 | 92 |
Children† | 43 | 17 |
Female | 20 | 8 |
Refugee status‡ | 154 | 57 |
Age—inclusion, years | 28 (10)§ | |
Age-injury, years | 23 (9)§ | |
Family income, NIS/US$¶ | ||
<700/220 | 76 | 30 |
800–1600/252–504 | 105 | 42 |
>1700/535 | 50 | 28 |
Employment | ||
Unemployed | 191 | 75 |
Unemployed due to amputation | 112 | 44 |
≥3 unemployed family members | 152 | 61 |
≥3 persons economically dependent on amputee | 160 | 64 |
*Number of participants: 254, from 0% to 2% of the participants had missing data on any variable.
†Children refers to participant that were amputated at the age of 18 years or younger.
‡Refugee= patient is from a family who has formal UN refugee status as of 1948.
§Median and IQR.
¶NIS, New Israeli Shekel. 1 NIS equals US$0.26.