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August 29, 2006       Share:    

Source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3297038,00.html

Muslim Women in Israel Having Fewer Children

[Ynet News] Gad Lior - Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics reports a significant decrease in the fertility rate among Muslim women from 4.7 in 2000 to 4 in 2005. In the Druze community, the average fertility rate dropped from 4.1 children in 1990 to 2.6 in 2005. Among Christian Israeli Arab women, the rate fell from 2.7 in 1996 to 2.2 in 2005. Among Jewish Israeli women, fertility has remained relatively stable, wavering between 2.6 and 2.7 children over the past decade.

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