Variable

Elderly Parents (N = 114)

Adult Children (116)

Adult Grandchildren N = 117)

Jewish

Arab

Jewish

Arab

Jewish

Arab

(N = 65)

(N = 49)

(N = 65)

(N = 51)

(N = 69)

(N = 52)

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Family Status

Married/living with a spouse

Not married/living with a spouse

52

13

80.0

20.0

41

8

83.6

16.4

46

19

70.7

29.3

42

9

82.3

17.7

23

42

34.1

65.9

29

23

55.7

44.3

Religiosity

Orthodox

Conservative

Observant

-

24

41

-

36.9

63.1

26

13

10

53.0

26.5

20.5

-

25

40

-

38.4

61.6

16

14

21

31.3

27.4

41.3

-

22

43

-

33.8

66.2

25

13

14

48.0

25.0

27.0

Style of Living

City (small/big)

Rural (village/community)

55

10

84.6

15.4

8

41

16.3

83.7

53

12

81.5

18.5

10

40

19.6

80.4

56

9

86.1

13.1

13

39

25.0

75.0

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

Age (in Years)

73.4

6.2

67.4

8.5

53.1

7.1

49.1

5.1

26.8

6.7

22.6

3.2

Education (in Years)

11.4

5.1

6.9

4.2

14.9

4.3

10.9

2.8

16.0

2.8

14.2

1.0

Filial Responsibility 1 - 5

4.4

0.5

4.8

0.3

3.6

0.9

4.2

0.7

3.8

0.9

4.6

0.4

Sense of Mastery 1 - 5

3.3

1.0

3.2

0.7

3.5

0.5

3.6

0.5

4.3

0.4

4.0

0.6

Self-Esteem 1 - 5

3.5

0.7

3.1

0.8

4.1

0.6

3.7

0.4

4. 3

0.3

4.2

0.5

Family Support 1 - 7

5.6

1.1

5.4

0.6

5.2

0.7

5.9

0.6

6.1

0.7

6.2

0.4

Type of Attachment 1 - 7

Avoidance type

Anxiety type

-

5.8

-

0.7

6.1

-

1.1

-

-

5.7

-

0.4

6.2

-

0.9

-

5.2

-

0.8

-

-

5.9

-

0.5