title: Pregnancy outcome and birth spacing among Palestinian women between 1940 and 1989.
abstract: In a sample of 1,250 Palestinian women living in cities, villages and refugee camps of the West Bank over a period of 50 years, we studied the number of pregnancies, children and miscarriages per woman, the waiting time to the first pregnancy, birth spacing between children, and the average age of women at first live birth. The average number of pregnancies, the percentage of miscarriages, the waiting time to the first pregnancy and the birth interval between children decreased with time in all locations. The average age of women at first live birth in cities and villages showed very little difference, but slightly lower in refugee camps.
authors.affiliation: Dept Medical Technology, Fac Allied Medical Sciences, Zarka Private University, Jordan. admin@zpu.edu.jo
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Al-Aqtum
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000453:epidemiology; D001721:Birth Intervals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D008877:Middle East / Q000453:epidemiology; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012036:Refugees