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Table 1 A summary of the characteristics of included articles concerning the causes of TFR decline in the MENA region

From: Contributing factors to the total fertility rate declining trend in the Middle East and North Africa: a systemic review

Author/authors

Title

Year

United Nations, Population Division [10]

Fertility levels and trends in countries with intermediate levels of fertility,

2002

United Nations, Population Division [11]

Views and policies concerning population growth and fertility among governments in intermediate-fertility countries

2002

Norville, C., Gomez, R., and Brown, R. L .[12]

Some causes of fertility rates movements

2003

Yousef M [13]

Development, growth and policy reform in the Middle East and North Africa since 1950

2004

Karim M [14]

Socio-economic development, population policies, and fertility decline in Muslim countries

2004

Matthiessen P [15]

The demography of the Middle East and North Africa in a global context,

2005

Roudi-Fahimi F, Kent MM [16]

Challenges and opportunities: the population of the Middle East and North Africa

2007

Clawson P [17]

Demography in the Middle East: population growth slowing, Women’s situation unresolved

2009

Mirkin B [7]

Population levels, trends and policies in the Arab region: challenges and opportunities

2010

Hosseini H [18]

Comparative study of fertility transition and population ageing in four selected countries in the MENA region

2010

Akhtar, Sh., Reinnika, R., Jorgensen, S., Maeda, A [19]

Meeting the challenges of health transition in the Middle East and North Africa

2010

Lugo, L., Cooperman, A., O’Connell, E., Stencel, S [20]

The future of the global Muslim population, projections for 2010-2030

2011

Crane, K., Simon, S., Martini, J [21]

Future challenges for the Arab world, the implications of demographic and economic trends

2011

Eberstadt N, Shah A [22]

Fertility decline in Muslim world: a veritable change, still curiously unnoticed

2011

Mirkin B [23]

Arab Spring: demographics in a region in transition

2013

Salehi-Isfahani D [24]

The role of the family in social integration in the Middle East and North Africa

2013

Bommes, M., Fassmann, H., Sievers, W [25]

Migration from the Middle East and North Africa to Europe, past developments, current status and future potentials

2014

Iqbal F, Kiendrebeogo Y [26]

The reduction of child mortality in the Middle East and North Africa: a success story

2014