Overview
The Population Council has worked in Morocco since 1999 with a research focus on fertility and family planning methods. The Council has studied fertility rates and birth spacing in Morocco to uncover important features that allow for better fertility control. Current work is focused on better understanding the labor market for women and youth in the Middle East.
Highlights of past and present work
- Update the state of knowledge on labor market functioning and outcomes in general and the quality of jobs in particular, primarily for women and youth in Egypt, to be scaled up in Jordan and Morocco.
- Conducted an analysis of fertility and birth spacing to determine that women's age at first birth, spacing births, and limiting births affect the country’s overall fertility rate.
- Quantified the magnitude of impact that family planning programming has on actual contraceptive use and intended use.
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Projects
Gender and Work in the Middle East and North Africa: Research Capacity-building Activities (more)
The Population Council is providing young researchers with mentoring and research peer review so that they may pursue high-quality research in the area of gender and work.
(1/2008 - 1/2010)
Financial literacy/livelihoods
Poverty, Job Quality, and Labor Market Dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa (more)
Council researchers are investigating poverty, job quality, and labor market dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa.
(8/2007 - 7/2009)
Financial literacy/livelihoods
Resources
La dynamique de la discrimination salariale et de l'équité gendorielle sur le marché du travail au Maroc (PDF)Zouari,Sami
Gender and Work in the MENA Region Working Paper (no. 20)
Publication date: 2011
Le travail des femmes dans le secteur agricole: Entre précarité et empowerment--Cas de trois régions en Egypte, au Maroc et en Tunisie (PDF)
Bouzidi,Zhour; El Nour,Saker; Moumen,Wided
Gender and Work in the MENA Region Working Paper (no. 22)
Publication date: 2011
Adolescent experience in-depth: Using data to identify and reach the most vulnerable young people (HTML)
Series of 51 data guides by country
Publication date: 2009
Adolescent experience in-depth: Using data to identify and reach the most vulnerable young people--Morocco 2003/04 (PDF) (HTML)
Publication date: 2009
Measures of job quality in Morocco: Creating a composite index [Arabic translation] (PDF)
Abdelkhalek,Touhami; Ajibilou,Aziz; Benkassmi,Mohamed
Gender and Work in the MENA Region Working Paper (no. 11)
Publication date: 2009
Mesures de la qualité de l'emploi au Maroc: Vers la construction d'un indicateur composite (PDF)
Abdelkhalek,Touhami; Ajbilou,Aziz; Benkassmi,Mohamed
Gender and Work in the MENA Region Working Paper (no. 5)
Publication date: 2009
Selected DHS data on 10-14-year-olds (HTML)
Annexes by country to Facts about Adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey: Statistical Tables for Program Planning
Publication date: 2003
Selected DHS data on 10-14-year-olds: Morocco (PDF) (HTML)
Annex to "Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey: Statistical tables for program planning"
Publication date: 2003
Données sur les adolescents tirées de l'Enquête Démographique et de Santé-Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Maroc 1992 (PDF) (HTML)
Publication date: 2001
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey--Statistical tables for program planning: Morocco 1992 (PDF) (HTML)
Publication date: 2001
Arab Women: A Profile of Diversity and Change
Toubia,Nahid; Bahyeldin,Amira; Hijab,Nadia; Abdel Latif,Heba
Publication date: 1994
Morocco Fast Facts
| Population (millions) | 32.6 |
|---|---|
| Total fertility rate | 2.2 |
| Infant deaths per 1,000 live births | 30 |
| Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births | 110 |
| Girls aged 20-24 married by age 18 (%) | 16 |
| HIV/AIDS prevalence (%) | 0.1 |
| Living below US $2 per day (%) | 14 |
Country statistics from Demographic and Health Surveys, 1987–2011; UNAIDS and UNICEF websites (accessed 10/22/2012); "World Population Data Sheet" (Population Reference Bureau, 2012) | |
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