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In Arabic only.

The report reviews secondary sources concerning fertility rates prevailing in Palestine between 1967 and 1987. The study covers the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and Palestinians living in Israel.
Major findings include:

-Fertility rates increased directly after the 1967 war and then declined in all four areas. The fertility rate started to decline in East Jerusalem and among Palestinians living in Israel in the beginning of the 1970s and in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the mid 1970s.
-The change in fertility rates between 1967 and 1987 is related to socioeconomic conditions, such as the mother's level of education, her work outside the house and the place of residence of the family. Changes in fertility rates were not related to the ideological position that encourages high fertility rates. This is not clear in the Gaza Strip.
-The main cause of high fertility rates, as in other developing countries, is the poor socioeconomic conditions and the need for a large family to help in work and take care of the old parents.
-There is no evidence that an increase in fertility rates accompanies the transformation of peasants to laborers.