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> Urbanisation generally decreases fertility, but Israel has a high population density and high fertility. But exclusively with the highly religious population

• spacebanana7 3y ago
  Even women of Jewish descent who identify as secular have a fertility rate of 2.2, much higher than in any other developed country. Christians & Muslims also high fertility in Israel. https://www.taubcenter.org.il/en/research/israels-exceptional-fertility/ https://www.taubcenter.org.il/en/research/israels-exceptiona...
  • skissane 3y ago
    > Even women of Jewish descent who identify as secular have a fertility rate of 2.2, much higher than in any other developed country. Possible explanation: Secular people in a society with large numbers of highly religious people, some of the habits of the highly religious will rub off on them. Whereas, secular people in a more secular society, that is less likely to occur. Also, “secular” is a broad spectrum ranging from hardcore atheist at one end to “I believe in a religion in theory but I ignore it in practice” at the other. People at the latter end of the spectrum are still open to being influenced by the religious, sometimes without even realising it