The Demography of the Arab World and the Middle East from the 1950s to the 2000s. A Survey of Changes and a Statistical Assessment

Tabutin, Dominique; Schoumaker, Bruno; Rogers, Godfrey; Mandelbaum, Jonathan; Dutreuilh, Catriona

doi:10.2307/4148186

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“…These increases have been accounted for by a rise in the proportion of young women married in response to security concerns and lack of alternatives, and from limited birth control within marriage owing to war-induced pronatalist ideologies and disruption of family planning services. 4 To date no study has assessed changes in fertility that may have resulted from more recent wars affecting the Middle East since the early 2000s, including the 2003 Fertility trends in Iraq during this war, as well as during the preceding period, have remained largely undocumented (Tabutin and Schoumaker 2005;Casterline 2009). It is likely that these trends have been affected by the country's turbulent history and associated population policies.…”

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The Effect on Fertility of the 2003–2011 War in Iraq

Cetorelli

2014

Population & Development Rev

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This article provides the first detailed account of recent fertility trends in Iraq, with a particular focus on the changes resulting from the 2003–2011 war and the factors underlying them. The study is based on retrospective birth history data from the 2006 and 2011 Iraq Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (I-MICS). Estimates from the two surveys indicate that total fertility remained stable from 1997 to 2010, at about 4.5 children per woman. However, examination of the age patterns of fertility reveals an abrupt shift in the timing of births, with adolescent fertility rising by over 30 percent soon after the onset of the war. A decomposition analysis shows that the rise in early childbearing is due to an increased prevalence of early marriage among less-educated women. The prevalence of early marriage and childbearing among women with secondary or higher education is relatively low and has not increased after 2003.

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The Effect on Fertility of the 2003–2011 War in Iraq

Cetorelli

2014

Population & Development Rev

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“…regional estimates of Abdulla and Al-Shareef (2009), who arrived at 15.5 × 10 6 m 3 for entire Jordan. Population growth rates in the PA is among the world's highest (Tabutin and Schoumaker, 2005). Therefore, urban areas in the PA and in the neighbouring countries will constantly grow in the near future.…”

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Potentials and limits of urban rainwater harvesting in the Middle East

Lange

Husary

Gunkel

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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. In the Middle East, water is scarce and population growth causes a rapid rise of urban centers. Since many towns of the Palestinian Authority (PA) suffer from water shortage, the use of rainwater harvesting (RWH) as an alternative to conventional water supply has gained increasing interest among water resources planners. This study quantifies actual volumes of urban RWH to be expected from highly variable Mediterranean rainfall. A one-parameter model uses measured potential evaporation and high resolution rainfall data as input to calculate RWH volumes from rooftops inside Ramallah, a traditional Arab town. While during average seasons a 87 % runoff harvest (480 from 550 mm of rainfall) can be expected, this value decreases to about 75 % (190 from 250 mm of rainfall) during drought seasons. A survey comprising more than 500 questionnaires suggests that approximately 40 % of the houses are equipped with RWH systems from which one third are out of use. Although water quality is perceived to be favourable, only 3 % of the active RWH systems are actually used for drinking and only 18 % for domestic purposes. All active RWH systems investigated may harvest approximately 16 × 10 3 m 3 of rooftop runoff during an average season and 6 × 10 3 m 3 during droughts. When these numbers are extrapolated to all houses in Ramallah, theoretical maximum potentials increase to approximately 298 × 10 3 m 3 during average seasons and 118 × 10 3 m 3 during droughts. A part of this potential can easily be exhausted by rehabilitation of installed RWH systems. The use of RWH for emergency water supply should be advocated, although care is needed because of hygienic risks. Regional estimates for the entire Lower Jordan River Basin yielded RWH potentials of 20 × 10 6 m 3 during the average season 2002/2003 but only 3 × 10 6 m 3 during the drought season 1998/1999. Thus, urban RWH is a relatively small contribution to overcome water scarcity in the region and decreases significantly during droughts. Yet it is a sustainable water resource, which is available on spot for everybody. Due to population growth and ongoing urbanization it will be more important in future.

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“…In North Africa, traditional Muslim law allowed men to divorce their wives with few restrictions, and rates of divorce were high, but by the 2000s the rates had been substantially reduced (Tabutin et al 2005). The Malay Muslim populations of Indonesia and Malaysia constituted another classic example of a stable high-divorce society; in the 1950s they may have had the highest divorce rates in the world (Jones 2015).…”

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Introduction to the Special Collection on Separation, Divorce, Repartnering, and Remarriage around the World

Cherlin¹

2017

DemRes

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The Demography of the Arab World and the Middle East from the 1950s to the 2000s. A Survey of Changes and a Statistical Assessment

Cited by 45 publications

References 3 publications

The Effect on Fertility of the 2003–2011 War in Iraq

The Effect on Fertility of the 2003–2011 War in Iraq

Potentials and limits of urban rainwater harvesting in the Middle East

Introduction to the Special Collection on Separation, Divorce, Repartnering, and Remarriage around the World

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