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Nurses holding newborns at a maternity ward. (Ancho Gosh) Last update - 07:47 01/06/2008 Arab birth rate on decline in Jerusalem By Nadav Shragai Tags: Jews, Jerusalem, Israel  Fertility rates in Jerusalem have been declining among Arabs and rising among Jews in recent years, according to statistics the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies issued to mark Jerusalem Day, today. Among Arabs the rate has dropped to 4 children in 2006, from 4.3 in 2000, and among Jews it has risen to 3.9 children in 2006 from 3.7 in 2000. However, the ratio of Jews and Arabs hasn't changed - 66 percent Jews (489,480) and 34 percent Arabs (256,820) totaling 746,300 at the end of 2007. Advertisement The negative migration balance in Jerusalem continued last year as 18,750 residents (most of them Jews) left the city and only 12,360 came to live there. Some 284,850 people moved away from Jerusalem during 1990-2007 and some 174,560 moved in, marking a negative migration of 110,200. In the first decade after the city's unification (1967-1977) 6 percent of those leaving Jerusalem moved to its metropolitan area in the Jerusalem district and the West Bank. The number of people moving from the capital into the metropolitan area rose to 32 percent during the second decade, to 45 percent in the third decade and has reached 51 percent in the past decade. In 2006 poor Jewish families made up 21 percent of the population and poor Arab families made up 67 percent of the city's population. The number of people below the poverty line was 28 percent among the Jews and 68 percent among the Arabs. The rato of poor children below the poverty line was 39 percent among the Jews and 77 percent among the Arabs. The work force participation in Jerusalem in 2007 was 45 percent compared to 56 percent in Israel. Related articles: Study: Jewish births lead rise in Israeli fertility rates in 2006 Statistics bureau reports sharp decline in Haredi birth rates It's ideology, not demography Bookmark to del.icio.us   Internal fighting Human rights groups say torture is widespread in Palestinian lockups. Danger looms Pentagon chief Robert Gates warns: War with Iran would be 'disastrous.'   1.   Jerusalem is Jewish and will remain Jewish. 08:27  |  Jean Van Daem 01/06/08   2.   Tax the Palestinians they will move 10:30  |  Robert 01/06/08   3.   Good news 11:28  |  Judah 01/06/08   4.   Get it through your head, it is not jewish.. 11:44  |  American 01/06/08   5.   Model of co-existence 12:01  |  Motic 01/06/08   6.   No4 and what of new york 12:57  |  french 01/06/08   7.   #4 American 14:31  |  Moshe 01/06/08   8.   That`s what you get when you have an apatheid system & steal land 15:00  |  POP 01/06/08   9.   To American 15:43  |  Victor 01/06/08   10.   #8 Pop 18:01  |  Moshe 01/06/08   11.   #6 french 18:39  |  Moshe 01/06/08   12.   #6 french 19:10  |  Moshe 01/06/08

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