Stats on Israel

Here are some interesting stats from today's Jerusalem Post concerning daily life in Israel today. The article can be read here:

• 71.1% of Israeli households have a personal computer
• 90.8% of those homes have internet connection
• 61.8% of households own at least one car
• 18.8% have two or more cars
• 2.1 mobile phones for the average Israeli
• Of 7,409,000 people in Israel today - 75.6% are Jewish, 16.9% are Muslim, 2% are Christian, 1.7% are Druse, 3.8% belong to other religions
• 28-29 is median age for males
• 30 is median age for females
• 0-4 years of age is the largest age group, or 10% of the population is between the ages of 0-4
• 25 is the median age for men to marry
• 22 is the median age for women to marry
• 33% of households have one child
• 31.4% of households have two children
• 19.7% of households have three children
• 16.1% of households have four or more children
• 71.3% of Israel's population is Jewish
• 37.4% of Israel's Jewish population were born to parents who had been born in Israel
• 29.8% of Israel's Jewish population were born to parents who had been born in Europe
• 15.8% of Israel's Jewish population were born to parents who had been born in Africa
  
• 12.5% of Israel's Jewish population were born to parents who had been born in Asia
• 4.4% of Israel's Jewish population were born to parents who had been born in the Americas and Oceania
• 65.4% of males participate in the civilian labor force
• 54.8% of women participate in the civilian labor force
  
• 86.2% of the working public are employees
• 12.7% own their own business
• Men work on the average 42.5 hours a week
• Women work on the average 35.5 hours a week
• 65.8% own their own home
• 26.4% rent their home
• 75% live in homes with more than one room per person
• Of the six cities with more than 200,000 population Jerusalem has the youngest population. 44% of Jerusalem's population is under 19 years of age.
• 16.5% of woman in the employment sector are in education
• 52% of workers work outside their town of residence
• 51.9% drive their own car to work
• 17.8% use public buses to get to work
• 11% walk to work
• 16.7% are employed in real estate, rental services and business service sector
• 14.2% are employed in retail and wholesale, automotive repair and consumer goods
  
• 12.5% are employed in heavy industry like mining and factories
• 10.2% are employed in eduction
• 9.4% are employed in health and welfare
• 7.4% are employed in transportation, storage and communication
• 5.4% are employed in community and social services
  

Galyn Wiemers
www.generationword.com