Abstract
14000 Israeli women were interviewed between 1973-1975 in a series of surveys designed to identify cohort fertility trends of specific immigrant subpopulations in Israel and their socioeconomic correlates. The complexity of fertility changes was found to be masked when fertility of the total Jewish population was examined; thus ethnic breakdowns were utilized. Initial completed fertility of European immigrants regardless of period of migration was 2-2.5 children/married woman but showed a general increase and convergence among more recent marriage cohorts. Initial fertility for migrants from Asia and North Africa was 6.5-7 and 7.5 respectively but in both cases this initially high rate was cut in half between marriage cohorts 25-30 years apart as fertility began to respond to the more modernized conditions in Israeli society. Israeli-born of Afro-Asian origin have lower fertility levels than immigrants from these countries; conversely Israeli-born of European descent show higher levels than European immigrants. Overall an intergenerational fertility convergence between ethnic groups is complemented by a convergence within immigrant subpopulations indicative of a rapid fertility response appropriate to societal changes. In addition all ethnic groups show recent fertility increases among younger cohorts. This is interpreted as an insurance effect due to the high rate of war casualties.
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