The predecline rise in Israeli Moslem fertility

Schellekens, J.; Eisenbach, Z.

Economic Development and Cultural Change 50(3): 541-555

2002


ISSN/ISBN: 0013-0079
DOI: 10.1086/342264
Document Number: 245441
This article discusses the 4 proximate determinants (i.e., marriage patterns, breast feeding, postpartum sexual abstinence and disease-related infertility) responsible for the predecline rise in fertility among muslims in Israel, and describes the fertility trends of this population. The causes of the decline in breast feeding are also discussed.

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