NEW STATISTICAL PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS IN ISRAEL

Issue No. 147

Editors: Michael Bar-Yaacov
                     Avishai Cohen

EXPLANATORY NOTES

LINK TO PREVIOUS QUARTERLIES

GENERAL

GOVERNMENT, LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND SERVICES

DEMOGRAPHY, IMMIGRATION AND IMMIGRANT ABSORPTION

ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE

CONSTRUCTION AND HOUSING

PUBLIC ORDER

HEALTH

LABOUR AND WAGES

SOCIETY, CULTURE AND LEISURE

STANDARD OF LIVING AND WELFARE

EDUCATION

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

AGRICULTURE AND THE WATER INDUSTRY

TOURISM AND HOTELS

ECONOMICS AND NATIONAL ACCOUNTS

INDUSTRY AND ENERGY

PERIODICALS

LINKS

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTES

A.         AIMS

This quarterly presents up-to-date information on the planning and execution of new statistical projects and publications in Israel - including inter alia, censuses, sample surveys and empirical research in the social sciences. In accordance with the Statistics Ordinance 1972 as amended in 1978, the Central Bureau of Statistics collects and publishes information on the above noted statistical projects which are conducted (or commissioned or financed) by government ministries, public institutions, academic institutions, research institutes etc. The purpose is to bring to the attention of institutions and researchers, as well as to the general public in Israel and abroad, information on new statistical projects and on the appearance of publications, so as to avoid duplication in the conducting of statistical surveys, and to permit efficient and maximal use of available statistical data.

B.         COVERAGE

The Quarterly covers new projects as follows:

1.         Censuses, sample surveys and research based on empirical inquiries, which are of public interest.

2.         Publications containing statistical data and reviews of such research.

3.         Computerized files and databases which can yield statistics of public interest, or which can serve as a statistical frame for sample surveys and empirical research.

4.         Projects and publications in the fields of methodology, mapping, geography and classifications                                which could be of assistance in the preparation of statistics in Israel, or in their use.

C.         PUBLICATION SCHEDULE

The periodical appears several times a year, the reporting period being the 3 months prior to the publication. Certain items belong to an earlier period, but information about them reached the Bureau only in the reporting period.

The editorial closing date of the present issue (No. 147) is 13 December 2007.

D.         CONTENTS AND PRESENTATION

1.         Current Research

With regard to ongoing research projects, the following data are shown in the Hebrew section:

Name of project, the organization commissioning or conducting the research, the purpose of the research, the subjects investigated, the main variables, the population/sample and method of research. Details are also given as to the anticipated time of publication, and the name, address, e-mail address and telephone and fax numbers of the researcher.

Details in the English section include the title of the research, the stage of the research and also the name, address, e-mail address and telephone and fax numbers of the researcher and the organization with which he or she is connected, to whom one may apply for additional information.

2.         Publications

The Hebrew section contains bibliographies and summaries of publications and reports containing statistical data, results of statistical research, classifications and other tools useful in statistics.

The English section contains only citations of the publications reported, but these can be linked to the Hebrew summary, as items have identical numbers in both the Hebrew and English sections.

3.         Classification

The material is classified according to the 17 chapter headings shown in the Table of Contents. At the end of each item in the Hebrew section, descriptors (key words) are given in parentheses.

4.         Indexes

Cumulative indexes by main subject (Hebrew and English) and by institution (Hebrew only) are included in each issue of the Quarterly. These indexes refer to the last four issues.

5.         Item Numbers

Numbering of items is consecutive for four Quarterly issues.

E.         SERVICES

More detailed keys to the Quarterly are maintained at the editorial offices of the journal.
Information services can be obtained by application in writing or by phone to:

Michael Bar-Yaacov

The Information Department

Central Bureau of Statistics

P.O.B 34525, Jerusalem 91342, Israel

Telephone: (02) 6592055; Fax: (02) 6521340, E-Mail: mickyb@cbs.gov.il

The above address may also be used when sending publications containing statistical data, as well as reports on new research projects conducted by ministries, public institutions, universities, medical centers etc.

F.         THE QUARTERLY ON THE INTERNET

The content of the Quarterly is updated every three months on the Internet site of the Central Bureau of Statistics: www.cbs.gov.il.

G.         COOPERATION WITH THE HENRIETTA SZOLD INSTITUTE

Reports on research projects and publications in the fields of demography, labour, education, sociology, welfare, psychology and other behavioral sciences, are updated at the data bases of the Information Retrieval Center in Social Sciences of the Henrietta Szold Institute. Also, some of the items which appear in the Quarterly are often drawn from those databases.

H.         ABBREVIATIONS USED

CBS - Central Bureau of Statistics; E - English; Es - English summary; H – Hebrew;
Hs - Hebrew summary; A – Arabic; As – Arabic summary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LINK TO PREVIOUS QUARTERLIES

Year

Quarterly No. 1

March

Quarterly No. 2

June

Quarterly No. 3

September

Quarterly No. 4

December

2007

145

146 

 

 

2006

141

142

143

144

2005

137

138

139

140

2004

133

134

135

136

2003

129

130

131

132

2002

125

126

127

128

2001

121

122

123

124

2000

117

118

119

120

1999

113

X

115

116

1998

109

110

111

112

1997

X

106

107

108

 

CURRENT RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

(Additional details are given in the Hebrew Section)

a. general

Publications

391

Burck, Luisa; Gubman, Yuri:
SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT WITH X12-ARIMA, CBS, Publication No. 30 in the “Working Papers” series, Jerusalem 2007, 37 pages (H, Es).

392

THE DIGITAL GAP: THE SITUATION IN ISRAEL AND IN SELECTED COUNTRIES, National Committee for Technologies of Information and Knowledge, Jerusalem 2007, 22 pages (H).

393

ISRAEL: READY FOR THE OECD, International Department, Ministry of Finance, Jerusalem 2007, 72 pages (E). The publication appears also on the Department’s Website: www.oecd.gov.il.

394

Brodsky, Jenny; Schnoor, Yitschak; Be’er, Shmuel (Eds):
THE ELDERLY IN ISRAEL: THE 2006 STATISTICAL ABSTRACT, Mashav – Planning for the Elderly – A National Data Base (shared by Myers – JDC – Brookdale Institute of Gerontology and Human Development, and Eshel – The Association for the Planning and Development of Services for the Aged in Israel), Jerusalem 2007, 414 pages (H).

395

SOCIAL SURVEY 2005 – TEL-AVIV-YAFFO DATA, Economic and Social Research Center,
Tel-Aviv-Yaffo Municipality, Tel-Aviv 2007, 137 pages (H).

396

Pavin, Avraham (ed.):
THE KIBBUTZ MOVEMENT: FACTS AND FIGURES - 2007, Yad Tabenkin, Ramat Efal 2007,
83 pages (H, Es), the publication appears on Yad Tabenkin’s Website: www.yadtabenkin.org.il (Hebrew interface).

397

Oren, Anat; Sinai-Karmona, Galit:
RESPONSE RATES IN INTERNET SURVEYS, “B. I. Cohen News” (bulletin of the B. I. Lucille Cohen Institute for Public Opinion Research at Tel-Aviv University) No. 4 (July 2007), pp. 2-5 (H).

See also items: 398,  447,  481,  504,  592-597.

b. demography, immigration and immigrant absorption

Publications

398

Cohen-Kastro, Eilat:
WHAT IS AN URBAN LOCALITY? DEFINING “URBAN LOCALITY” IN ISRAEL AND THE FORMATION OF A STATISTICAL MODEL FOR CHARACTERIZING LOCALITIES, CBS, Publication No. 28 in the “Working Papers” series, Jerusalem 2007, 37 pages (H, Es).

399

IMMIGRATION TO ISRAEL, 2000-2001, CBS, Publication No. 1291 in the Bureau’s
“Special Publications” series, Jerusalem 2007, 130 pages (H, E), in cooperation with the
Ministry of Immigrant Absorption and the Aliya and Absorption Department of the Jewish Agency. The publication appears also on the Bureau’s Website: www.cbs.gov.il.

400

Kushnirovich, Nonna (Ed.):
YEARBOOK OF IMMIGRANTS IN ISRAEL, 2006 – STATISTICAL ABSTRACT,
Institute for Immigration and Social Integration (Aliyah and Klitah), Ruppin Academic Center,
Emek Hefer 2007, 394 pages (H, part of the tables in E), with the assistance of The Jewish Agency for Israel and JDC – Israel.

401

Kimhi, Michal; Ben-Aryeh, Asher; Cohen, Sarah (Eds.):
IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN ISRAEL, 2007, Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, Jerusalem 2007,
220 pages (H), in cooperation with the National Council for the Child.

402

TIBERIAS: IMMIGRANTS FROM 1990 ONWARDS IN 2006, Information and Statistics Unit, Municipality of Tiberias, Tiberias 2007, 24 pages (H).

403

Mana, Adi; Amda, Orr; Mana, Yosef:
SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS, THE SOCIAL IDENTITY AND THE CULTURAL MATCHING THEORIES: AN INTEGRATIVE MODEL OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITIES OF IMMIGRANT ADOLESCENTS, “Megamot”, 45: 1 (2007), pp. 24-52 (H, Es).

404

Feldman, Dina; Ben Moshe, Eliahu:
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: ISRAEL, 2006, Commission for Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Justice, Jerusalem 2007, 84 pages (E, separate edition in H).
The publication appears also on the Ministry’s Website: www.justice.gov.il (Hebrew interface).

405

Schellekens, Jona; Ophir, Moshe:
THE EFFECT OF CHILD ALLOWANCES AND CHANGES IN MARRIAGE TRENDS ON FERTILITY, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences,
Hebrew University, Jerusalem 2006, 76 pages (H).

See also items: 394-396,  411,  412,  417,  420,  444,  453,  456,  472,  526,  527,  543,  545,  554,  561,  580.

c. construction and housing

Publications

406

SURVEY OF NEW DWELLINGS FOR SALE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, APRIL-JUNE 2007, CBS, Current Statistics No. 16, Jerusalem 2007,  (H, E). The publication appears also on CD-ROM and on the Bureau’s Website: www.cbs.gov.il.

407

ISRAEL LAND ADMINISTRATION: ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE BUDGET YEAR 2006, No. 46, Israel Land Administration, Jerusalem 2007, 176 pages (H).

See also items: 395,  396,  398,  400,  479,  496,  497,  499,  551,  627,  628.

d. health

Publications

408

THE MINISTER OF HEALTH’S REPORT ON SMOKING IN ISRAEL, 2006-2007, Israel Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Publication No. 308, Tel-Hashomer 2007, 82 pages (H).

409

Barchana, Micha:
GEOGRAPHICAL MAPPING OF MALIGNANT DESEASE INCIDENCE IN ISRAEL ACCORDING TO GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS AND SUB-DISTRICTS, 2001-2005, National Cancer Registry, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem 2007, 183 pages (H).

410

Beri, Avi; Matzkin, Haim; Liphshitz, Irena; Barchana, Micha:
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TRENDS OF TESTICULAR CANCER IN ISRAEL, 1992-2002, “Harefuah”, 146: 7 (July 2007), pp. 515-519 (H, Es).

411

Haklai, Ziona; Shanon, Amir; Riva, Shoshana et al:
MANPOWER IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS IN ISRAEL, 2006, Department of Health Information
and Computer Services, in cooperation with the Department of Medical Professions and with the Administration of Nursing Professions, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem 2007, 164 pages (H).

412

PREGNANCY TERMINATIONS BY LAW: 1990-2006, Health Information and Computer Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem 2007, 37 pages (H).

413

MENTAL HEALTH IN ISRAEL – STATISTICAL ANNUAL, 2006, Department of Information and Evaluation, Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem 2006, 92 pages (H, E).

414

Elisha, David; Grinshpoon, Alexander:
MENTAL HEALTH REFORM IN ISRAEL: HOW TO INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND REDUCE THE THREATS, “Harefuah”, 146: 4 (April 2007), pp. 291-296 (H, Es).

415

Struch, Naomi; Shershevsky, Yechiel; Baidani-Auerbach, Alona et al:
STIGMA IN THE FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH: THE ATTITUDES, EXPERIENCES AND COPING MECHANISMS OF PARENTS OF PEOPLE WITH A PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS, Myers – JDC – Brookdale Institute, Publication No. 468 in the “Research Reports” series, Jerusalem 2007,
63 pages (H, Es), in cooperation with the Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health. An English summary of the publication appears on the Institutes Website: http://brookdale.pionet.com.

416

Lev-Tzion, Raffi; Friedman, Tal; Gazala, Eliyahu et al:
ASTHMA AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN MALE ARMY RECRUITS AND SOLDIERS, “IMAJ” (Israel Medical Association Journal), 9: 5 (May 2007), pp. 361-364 (E). The article appears also on the Journal’s website: www.ima.org.il/imaj.

417