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Continuity and change in reproductive and abortion patterns of Soviet immigrants in Israel

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  • Sabatello, Eitan F.

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The abortion and fertility patterns of old-timer and new immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel are compared with those prevalent among the receiving population, where a different system of services, free-choice contraceptive means and outlooks on family size exist. High frequency of abortion in the U.S.S.R. looks adaptive to local circumstances rather than cultural, yet higher-than-average patterns of induced abortion and lower-than-average number of children persist after almost two decades. In the short range, new immigrants seem also to be exposed to very low fertility rates and to significant high rates of legal and illegal abortion than countrywide.

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  • Sabatello, Eitan F., 1995. "Continuity and change in reproductive and abortion patterns of Soviet immigrants in Israel," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 40(1), pages 117-124, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:40:y:1995:i:1:p:117-124
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    1. Esther I. Wilder, 2000. "Socioeconomic and Cultural Determinants of Abortion Among Jewish Women in Israel," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 16(2), pages 133-162, June.
    2. Barbara S. Okun & Shlomit Kagya, 2012. "Fertility Change among Post-1989 Immigrants to I srael from the F ormer S oviet U nion," International Migration Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(4), pages 792-827, December.

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