Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics has released data showing that Muslim women in the country marry, on average, at the youngest age.
The data was released ahead of International Women’s Day 2024, which is being observed today,Friday, March 7, the report added
According to the report, Muslim women in Israel marry at an average age of 23.5 years while among the Druze women population, the average age of marriage is 25.4.
The report also shows that it’s significantly higher among the Jewish women. It reveals that it is 25.6 among Jewish women while among the christian population, women marry at the age of 27.6, stressing however that the report reflects the 2022 statistics figure.
The report also revealed that in 2022, the average age of women who gave birth increased to 30.7 – a year and eight months higher compared to the average age in 2000.
Approximately 177,200 women gave birth in Israel in 2022. The average number of children that an Israeli woman in Israel is expected to give birth to during her lifetime (Total Fertility Rate) is 2.89 children, higher than the average in the OECD countries where the average number is 1.58, the report added.
In 2023, approximately 1.2 million women in Israel (35 per cent of the total female population) are mothers of children up to the age of 17.
Of these, 90 per cent live with their spouse and the rest lead single-parent families, similar to the previous year.
Source: ANI/TPS