Intifada, Palestinian fertility and women's education
Khawaja, M.; Randall, S.
Genus 62(1): 21-51,2
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-6987 DOI: 10.2307/29789295Document Number: 227506
Using data from the 1995 Palestinian demographic survey and the 1996 Jordan Living Conditions survey we compare the fertility of Palestinians living in the Occupied Territories with refugees in Jordan who were not directly affected by the first Intifada on a daily basis. Data show: a significant increase infertility during the first Intifada, which was most marked in Gaza and amongst highly educated women and that this increase was achieved through behaviour change of nuptiality rather than marital fertility; a significant increase in first marriages during Intifada, and some of the means through which this increase may have been achieved. Our analyses contribute to theoretical understandings of the role. of conflict in modifying fertility.