Trends and Levels of Fertility in the District of Qulqilia
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1998
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خضر محمد خضر عودة
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This study aims to measure the trends and levels of fertility and demographic and socio-economic factors that affect it in the district of Qulqilia.
To achieve this purpose, the study depends on a specific and special questionnaire which is distributed in the district in January 1997. The entitled area is classified into three patterns according to the number of population (city, big villages, and small villages).
Astrified random sample of 5% of the household in the district was chosen. The study includes six chapters as the following:
The first one illustrates the geographical features of the district; its Importance, objectives and the motivations and justifications behind this study that clarifies its problems and curriculums. Chapter two looks over the previous studies which are done on the same subject in Palestine, other Arab countries, and foreign ones. Chapter three studies the structure of population. It states that 46.5%of the people are under the age of 15.The rate of economical dependency is 3.75 while the unemployment is 12% the monthly average income is336.6 JD. Chapter four studies the levels of fertility and factors affecting them .It shows that the crude birth rate is 40.5 per thousand. It agrees with the nativity in the West Bank according to the P.C.B.S which is about 41.2 per thousand in 1994 . The total fertility rate in Qulqilia district is 7.27 .It is determined by the patterns of residence where it goes up in small villages due to the differences in culture and social standards. In the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the total fertility rate is 6.24 in 1996.The duration of marriage, current age, and years of education are the major factors that influence the number of children ever born whereas the characteristics related to the husband are less effect than those of a wife.
Chapter five deals with the trends of fertility and factors that affect then in Qulqilia district. It shows that the percent of women who are in the childbearing age and wish to have more children is 50.4%. In contrast to the figures Statistics of the Palestinian Center ,shows that 48.4% of those do not want to have more children in addition to their children in the West Bank in 1996. A study of factors that affect the number of children wished to be born states that the duration of marriage, years of education for a mother, the number of children ever born and the current age of the mother are the most important factors affected the number of children wish to have by the woman. Chapter six looks over the results and recommendation of the study.
This study aims to measure the trends and levels of fertility and demographic and socio-economic factors that affect it in the district of Qulqilia. To achieve this purpose, the study depends on a specific and special questionnaire which is distributed in the district in January 1997. The entitled area is classified into three patterns according to the number of population (city, big villages, and small villages). Astrified random sample of 5% of the household in the district was chosen. The study includes six chapters as the following: The first one illustrates the geographical features of the district; its Importance, objectives and the motivations and justifications behind this study that clarifies its problems and curriculums. Chapter two looks over the previous studies which are done on the same subject in Palestine, other Arab countries, and foreign ones. Chapter three studies the structure of population. It states that 46.5%of the people are under the age of 15.The rate of economical dependency is 3.75 while the unemployment is 12% the monthly average income is336.6 JD. Chapter four studies the levels of fertility and factors affecting them .It shows that the crude birth rate is 40.5 per thousand. It agrees with the nativity in the West Bank according to the P.C.B.S which is about 41.2 per thousand in 1994 . The total fertility rate in Qulqilia district is 7.27 .It is determined by the patterns of residence where it goes up in small villages due to the differences in culture and social standards. In the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the total fertility rate is 6.24 in 1996.The duration of marriage, current age, and years of education are the major factors that influence the number of children ever born whereas the characteristics related to the husband are less effect than those of a wife. Chapter five deals with the trends of fertility and factors that affect then in Qulqilia district. It shows that the percent of women who are in the childbearing age and wish to have more children is 50.4%. In contrast to the figures Statistics of the Palestinian Center ,shows that 48.4% of those do not want to have more children in addition to their children in the West Bank in 1996. A study of factors that affect the number of children wished to be born states that the duration of marriage, years of education for a mother, the number of children ever born and the current age of the mother are the most important factors affected the number of children wish to have by the woman. Chapter six looks over the results and recommendation of the study.
This study aims to measure the trends and levels of fertility and demographic and socio-economic factors that affect it in the district of Qulqilia. To achieve this purpose, the study depends on a specific and special questionnaire which is distributed in the district in January 1997. The entitled area is classified into three patterns according to the number of population (city, big villages, and small villages). Astrified random sample of 5% of the household in the district was chosen. The study includes six chapters as the following: The first one illustrates the geographical features of the district; its Importance, objectives and the motivations and justifications behind this study that clarifies its problems and curriculums. Chapter two looks over the previous studies which are done on the same subject in Palestine, other Arab countries, and foreign ones. Chapter three studies the structure of population. It states that 46.5%of the people are under the age of 15.The rate of economical dependency is 3.75 while the unemployment is 12% the monthly average income is336.6 JD. Chapter four studies the levels of fertility and factors affecting them .It shows that the crude birth rate is 40.5 per thousand. It agrees with the nativity in the West Bank according to the P.C.B.S which is about 41.2 per thousand in 1994 . The total fertility rate in Qulqilia district is 7.27 .It is determined by the patterns of residence where it goes up in small villages due to the differences in culture and social standards. In the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the total fertility rate is 6.24 in 1996.The duration of marriage, current age, and years of education are the major factors that influence the number of children ever born whereas the characteristics related to the husband are less effect than those of a wife. Chapter five deals with the trends of fertility and factors that affect then in Qulqilia district. It shows that the percent of women who are in the childbearing age and wish to have more children is 50.4%. In contrast to the figures Statistics of the Palestinian Center ,shows that 48.4% of those do not want to have more children in addition to their children in the West Bank in 1996. A study of factors that affect the number of children wished to be born states that the duration of marriage, years of education for a mother, the number of children ever born and the current age of the mother are the most important factors affected the number of children wish to have by the woman. Chapter six looks over the results and recommendation of the study.