Do Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews Suffer more than Secular Israeli Jews from Obesity?: Gender, Cohort Effect and the Yule–Simpson Paradox

The Yule-Simpson paradox indicates contradicting statistical outcomes for the pooled sample and for each stratified group separately. The objective of the current study is to demonstrate this paradox. The sample is based on a 2015-2016 longitudinal survey carried out by the Israeli Central Bureau of...

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Authors: Arbel, Yuval 1965- (Author) ; Fialkoff, Chaim (Author) ; Kerner, Amichai (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. 2023
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2023, Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 255-267
Further subjects:B Body Mass Index
B Obesity
B The Yule–Simpson paradox
B Ultra-orthodox Jews
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