Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, 2014

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1 Media Release State of Israel Fax: Jerusalem November 18, /2014 Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, 2014 At the end of 2013, million children lived in Israel (aged 0-17); they comprised 33% of the country's population. Of them, approximately million (70.6%) were Jewish children, 707,000 were Arab children (26.4%), and another 80,000 (3.0%) were classified as "other" (unclassified by religion in the Population Register, and non-arab Christians). In Jerusalem, the proportion of children was approximately 40%; in Tel Aviv-Yafo and Haifa, children comprised about a fifth (20%) of the city's population. Approximately 97% of Jewish children were born in Israel. Approximately 78% were children of a father who was also born in Israel. In 2013, approximately 171,400 infants were born in Israel; of those, approximately 127,000 were born to Jewish mothers and approximately 34,900 to Moslem mothers. The average number of children up to age 17 per household (for households in which there were children of this age group) was 2.42 on the national level. Among localities with a population of over 100,000, the highest averages were in Bene Beraq 3.41 and Jerusalem The lowest average was in Bat Yam The percentage of Jewish children in lone-parent families was about 8%, in comparison to about 7% of Arab children in families such as these. Among children of immigrants from the former USSR, the percentage of children living in lone-parent families was about 15%. In 2013, 9.2% of children up to age 17 (about 232,000 children) lived in households without employed persons 7.2% among the Jewish population and 15.0% among the Arab population. The percentage of those entitled to a matriculation certificate among examinees was 72% in 2012/13, compared with 69.5% in 2011/12. In the Hebrew education system the percentage of those entitled was greater than that in the Arab education system 76% versus 60%, respectively. In 2012/13, and in the transition to 2013/14, the drop-out rate of students in grades 1-12 decreased (1.7% in 2012/13, compared with 2.1% in 2011/12). In 2013/14, there were 1,489 youths (aged 12-17) studying for a first degree in the institutions of higher learning in Israel; of those, 330 students were in universities, 846 were in the Open University, and 313 were in academic colleges. In 2013, a household in Israel spent NIS 14,501 on goods and services. A household with children spent more than 1.4 times as much as a household without children (NIS 17,133 versus NIS 12,378, respectively). For explanations and clarifications, please contact the Press Relations Unit, at

2 In 2013, the total expenditure of households with children on education was NIS 1,246 an increase of NIS 99 over 2012 (in constant prices). Expenditure on pre-primary schools constituted the largest share of total expenditure on education 41%. This was the 15 th consecutive year in which Noa was most common name given to Jewish girls. As in previous years, Shira, Tamar, Talia, Maya and Yael were at the top of the most common names. Among Jewish boys the most common names were Noam, Uri, Itai, Yosef and David. The most popular name for children in 2013 was Muhammad, 1.7% of those born in 2013 were given this name, because nearly every sixth son (15.7%) of Moslem boys born in that year were named Muhammad. The most common name among Moslem girls was Jana, but unlike the Moslem boys, the distribution of common names among Moslem girls was similar to that of the Jews, and only one out of 45 Moslem girls (2.2%) were given the most popular name. 19,663 criminal files were opened against 10,586 youth aged in 2012 (accused of severe crimes, such as drugs, sexual offences, property crimes and violence). 91.9% of those with criminal files were boys. The Share of Children (Aged 0-17) in the Population Approximately 33% of the Israeli population is children up to the age of 17. Approximately 42% of the Arab population is children, compared with approximately 31% of the Jewish population and 23% of the population of "Others". The differences are due mainly to differences in the fertility rate. Until the beginning of the 2000's, the average number of children per mother (total fertility rate) among Arab women was about 4.3, and among Jewish women about 2.6. The differences in the fertility rate decreased in the last decade and by 2013 the total fertility rate of an Arab woman was 3.15 children, on the average, during the course of her lifetime, compared to an average of about 3.05 children among Jewish women, and approximately 1.8 children on the average for "Other" women. Of the 2.68 million children in Israel, 31.4% are aged 0-4, 28.1% are 5-9, 26.1% are 10-14, and 14.4% are Children, by Locality, District and Type of Locality Most children in Israel live in the center of the country, approximately 623,000 children live in the Central District, and approximately 342,000 live in the Tel Aviv District. Approximately 729,000 children live in the north (Northern District and Haifa District). Of Israel's three largest cities, the proportion of children in Jerusalem was about 40%; in Tel Aviv- Yafo and Haifa, children comprise only about a fifth of the city's population. In communal localities, there was a high concentration of young families and the percentage of children was high (approximately 44%). In localities with more than 100,000 residents, the percentage of children ranged from 46% in Bene Beraq to 20% in Tel Aviv-Yafo and Bat Yam. In 12 of the 14 localities the percentage was lower than the national average (33%). Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, /11/2014 2

3 Table A. Percentage of Children in Localities with More than 100,000 Residents, 2013 Locality Percentage Bene Beraq 46 Jerusalem 40 Ashdod 32 Rehovot 30 Petah Tiqwa 29 Netanya, Ashqelon, Be'er Sheva 27 Holon, Rishon LeZiyyon 25 Haifa, Ramat Gan 22 Bat Yam, Tel Aviv-Yafo 20 Table B. Urban and Rural Localities, Highest and Lowest Percentage of Children Aged 0-17* The Ten Urban Localities with the Highest Percentage of Children Aged 0-17 Percentage of Locality Name Children (0-17) The Ten Rural Localities with the Highest Percentage of Children Aged 0-17 Percentage of Locality Name Children (0-17) Betar Illit 63.8 Berukhin 68.7 Modi'in Illit 63.1 Negohot 68.4 Talmon 63.0 Mitspe Ilan 68.2 Mevo Horon 61.0 Neta 66.6 El'ad 60.6 Nave 66.3 Tifrah 59.0 Merhav Am 65.8 Hura 58.6 Or HaGanuz 65.6 Tel Sheva 58.3 Sensena 64.8 Ar'ara-BaNegev 58.2 Bene Netsarim 64.7 Kokhav Ya'aqov 57.0 Bene Deqalim 64.3 The Ten Urban Localities with the Lowest Percentage of Children Aged 0-17 The Ten Rural Localities with the Lowest Percentage of Children Aged 0-17 Nazerat Illit 22.6 Holit 15.2 Haifa 22.3 HaOn 14.9 Qiryat Bialik 22.3 Lipidot 14.9 Nesher 22.3 Ravid 14.3 Qiryat Motzkin 22.0 Gornot HaGalil 13.6 Ramat Gan 21.9 Newe Zohar 13.2 Bat Yam 20.5 Na'ama 11.6 Tel Aviv-Yafo 20.3 Amuqa 10.1 Qiryat Yam 19.9 Ahawa 9.9 Nordiyya 17.0 Bitan Aharon 7.6 *Excluding institutional localities, which are institutions with the characteristics of a locality, not included in the boundary of another locality. Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, /11/2014 3

4 Marriages and Births among Young Women up to Age 17 During 2012, approximately 1,400 1 young women up to age 17 were married in Israel; they compromise about 2.7% of total women married in this year. Approximately 83% of the young women who married were Moslem. 55% of the Moslem young women who married in this year were from the Jerusalem District, 14% from the Northern District and 17% from the Southern District. In 2013, 393 young women up to the age of 17 gave birth, of those, 319 were Moslem and 61 were Jews. For about 9% of these teenagers, this was not the first birth. Children Up to Age 17 in Households 2 and Families 3 In 2013, there were more than a million (about million) households with children aged 0-17, in which there were about million children at these ages. These households comprise approximately 45% of all households in Israel. Among Jewish households, approximately 41% were households with children (approximately 787,000), in comparison to about 69% among Arabs (approximately 228,000). Of large cities in Israel (more than 100,000 residents), more than half of the households in Bene Braq and Jerusalem were households with children up to age 17 (about 60% and 51%, respectively). The lowest percentage of households with children up to age 17 was found in Tel Aviv-Yafo 24%. Approximately 8% of children lived as an only child with their family (without siblings who lived at home). Approximately 9% of Jewish children lived as an only child at home, in contrast with approximately 4% of Arab children. This percentage was especially high among immigrants from the former USSR 19%. Children Living with Two Parents or with a Lone-Parent The vast majority of children in Israel live with two parents (about 92% of children). Approximately 206,000 children, who comprise approximately 8% of children, live with only one parent. Most of the children who lived in a lone-parent family lived with their mother (91%). 1 Approximately a fourth of the cases occurred from , and were reported late to the Population Register. 2 A household is defined as one person or a group of persons living together in one dwelling on a permanent basis most of the week, who have a common expense budget for food. A household may include persons who are not a family. Households do not include children living in kibbutzim, institutions, students dormitories and people living outside localities (Bedouins in the South and others). Source of the data: Labour Force Survey, Family: A nuclear family of two persons or more who share the same household and are related to one another as husband and wife, as an unmarried couple, or as parent and child. Thus, a family can be only a couple, a couple with children (in various age groups, defined by the age of the youngest child), or a single parent with children. A family also includes a family of grandparents with grandchildren aged 15 and over without parents, or only siblings aged 15 and over who live together without spouses or children. Source of the data: Labour Force Survey, Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, /11/2014 4

5 Among Jewish children in lone-parent families, 63% lived with a divorced parent, 17% with a lone married parent who is separated from their spouse, 13% with a never-married parent, and approximately 7% were living with a widowed parent. Among the Arab children in lone-parent families, 45% lived with a lone married parent living separately from their spouse, 32% lived with a divorced parent, and 21% with a widowed parent. Labour Employment of Households with Children In 2013, 9.2% of all children up to age 17 (approximately 232,000 children) lived in households without employed persons 7.2% of the Jewish population and 15.0% of the Arab population. Table C. Children in Households by the Number of Employed Persons in the Household Total Jews Arabs Total 2, , Total in percentage Households with employed persons Of those: With two or more employed persons Households without employed persons Work and Study among Teenagers (Aged 15-17) Out of approximately 199,000 boys aged 15-17, 90.5% were studying, 2.0% were working and not studying, and 7.5% were neither studying nor working. Out of approximately 186,000 girls aged 15-17, 93.7% were studying, 0.9% were working and not studying, and 5.4% were neither studying nor working. Among Jewish teenagers aged (approximately 271,000), 4.9% were neither studying nor working 6.0% of boys and 3.8% of girls. Among Arabs of these age group (about 107,000), 10.3% were neither studying nor working 11.2% of boys and 9.3% of girls. Education Pre-Primary Education In the 2012/13 school year, 551,938 children attended public kindergartens and day care centers, and 104,387 children attended private kindergartens. About 76% of children aged 2-5 attended public kindergartens and day care centers, and 14% (19,931 children) among those aged six attended public kindergartens. Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, /11/2014 5

6 Primary and Secondary Education In the 2011/12 school year, 933,782 pupils studied in primary education; of those, approximately 73% were in the Hebrew sector and the rest were in the Arab sector. In the last decade, the number of pupils in primary education has risen by approximately 17% (compared with 773,709 pupils in 2002/03). In secondary education, 659,237 students studied; of those, approximately 74% were in the Hebrew sector and the rest were in the Arab sector. In the last decade, the number of students in secondary education has risen by approximately 8% (compared with 590,151 students in 2002/03). Matriculation Entitlement The percentage of those entitled to a matriculation certificate among examinees reached 72% in 2012/13, compared with 69.5% in 2011/12. In Hebrew education, the percentage of those entitled was higher than in Arab education 76% compared with 60%. The percentage of those entitled was higher among young women than among young men; in Hebrew education it was 79% versus 73%, respectively, and in Arab education 67% versus 51%, respectively. 4 The likelihood of a pupil being entitled to a matriculation certificate increases with the number of years of study of the pupil's mother. The percentage of those entitled to a matriculation certificate among examinees whose mother has an education of 16 years or more was significantly higher than that of pupils whose mother had less education (up to eight years): In Hebrew education it was 90% versus 59.5% and in Arab education it was 89% versus 53%, respectively. Students Dropping Out (2011/12) 5 In 2012/13, and in the transition to 2013/14, there was a decrease in the percentage of students who dropped out from grades 1-12 (1.7% in 2012/13 compared with 2.1% in 2011/12). The percentage of students who dropped out from Hebrew education was lower than that of students in the Arab sector: 1.4% versus 2.2%, respectively. The percentage of students who dropped out in the Hebrew sector decreased in comparison to 2011/12 (1.9%). There was a decrease in the Arab sector as well, compared to the previous year (2.2% versus 2.5%, respectively). 4 In this educational system the language of instruction is Arabic, and it includes all official schools and non-official schools supervised by the Ministry of Education, as well as government schools. The system does not include private institutions in East Jerusalem (Christian or Moslem) not supervised by the Ministry of Education, nor UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem. 5 The data is on students who dropped out from schools under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, during the school years of 2012/13 and the transition to 2013/14. Not defined as dropouts: Students who left their studies during the school year 2012/13 but returned in 2013/14, students who left studies and stayed abroad for at least 100 days consecutively as well as students who transferred from one school to another. Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, /11/2014 6

7 In both sectors, the percentage of drop outs from primary schools was less than 1%, and stood at 0.6%. A significant gap was observed in the dropping out of boys compared to the dropping out of girls, in grades % versus 1.6%, respectively. Table D. Students Dropping Out from Schools under the Supervision of the Ministry of Education in 2012/13 and in the Transition to 2013/14, by Education Sector, Grade Level and Sex Total students who began studies in 2012/13 in schools under the supervision of the Ministry of Education Total students who dropped out during 2012/13 and in the transition to 2013/14 Dropout rate Dropout rate in previous year 2011/12 and in the transition to 2012/13 Total students 1,598,771 26, Total 851,139 5, Boys 436,251 3, Girls 414,888 2, Total 747,632 21, Boys 377,808 15, Girls 369,824 5, Hebrew sector Total students 1,171,664 16, ,861 3, ,803 13, Arab sector Total students 427,107 9, ,278 1, ,829 8, Active Athletes 6 In 2012/13, there were 48,178 active athletes aged 6-17, who comprised 56% of all active athletes. Among athletes at these ages, 73% are active in group sports and 27% in individual sports. 82% of all athletes at these ages are boys, versus 18% girls. Higher Education and Science Youths Studying for a First Degree in Institutions of Higher Education In 2013/14, 1,489 youths (aged 12-17) were studying for a first degree in institutions of higher education in Israel; of those: 330 were students in universities, 846 were students in the Open University, and 313 were students in academic colleges. 6 There are two criteria to be designated an active athlete: Participation in a certain minimum of competitions and an upper limit of the year of birth. Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, /11/2014 7

8 Compared to the previous year 2012/13 the number of youths who were studying for a first degree increased by 9.1%. In contrast, from 2011/12 to 2012/13, there was an increase of 41.3%. From 2012/13 to 2013/14, the number of youths who were studying for a first degree increased more significantly in academic colleges and universities (an increase of 22.7% and 15.4%, respectively) than in the Open University (an increase of 2.7%). Most of the youths who studied in universities in 2012/13 studied in Bar-Ilan University (71.2%). Additionally, a fifth of them studied in Haifa University (20.9%). More than 90% of youths studied in academic colleges 45.7% studied at the Jerusalem College of Technology, 24.6% in the College of Management Academic Track, and 23.6% in the Academic College of Netanya. The main fields of study in which youths studied in universities and academic colleges were computer sciences (360 students), mathematics (181 students), and physics (59 students). Additionally, the fields studied by youths in the Open University were the sciences (428 students), social science (165 students), and computer science (89 students). 19.1% of the teenage students who studied in universities were girls, in the Open University their share was 39.4%, and in academic colleges 18.8%. Table E. Youth Studying for a First Degree, by Type of Institution of Studies and Age 2013/14 Age Total Universities Open University Academic Colleges Total 1, Household Expenditure Survey 2013 In 2013, 9,507 households were sampled in the Household Expenditure Survey; they represent about 2,322,000 households in the population; of those, 45% represent households with children, with an average of 2.4 children per household. The average monthly consumption expenditure for a household in 2013 was NIS 14,501, for a household with children NIS 17,133. The average number of wage earners in households with children was 1.8, compared with 1.2 wage earners in households without children. Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, /11/2014 8

9 Household Consumption Expenditure, by Main Items (Table F) In 2013, a household in Israel spent on goods and services an average of NIS 14,501. A household with children spent 1.4 times more, on the average, than a household without children (NIS 17,133 versus NIS 12,378, respectively). The percentage of expenditure on food of the average monthly consumption basket per household was higher in households with children 17.1%, compared with 16.3% by households without children. Households without children spent about half as much on education, culture and entertainment as households with children (NIS 1,222 versus NIS 2,555, respectively). In 2013, the total expenditure of households with children on education was NIS 1,246 an increase of NIS 99 over 2012 (at constant prices). Spending on kindergartens constituted the largest share of total spending on education expenditure 41%. During these years there was a decrease in the average monthly expenditure on kindergartens (from NIS 554 to NIS 517 per month), while the average expenditure on afternoon day care has increased (from NIS 113 to NIS 135 per month). In households without children, the percentage of expenditure on health out of the consumption basket was higher than that of households with children (6.9% versus 4.6%, respectively). Table F. Monthly Consumption Expenditure for Households with and Without Children 2013 Total Households without Children Total Households with Children Up to two children Three children and more Consumption expenditure in NIS total Consumption expenditure total Food (including fruits and vegetables) Housing Dwelling and household maintenance Furniture and household equipment Clothing and footwear Health Education, culture, and entertainment Transport and communication Miscellaneous goods and services Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, /11/2014 9

10 Consumption Expenditure by Selected Products (Table 7) The expenditure on sliced bread, rolls and pita bread, chocolate spread and snacks, breakfast cereals and milk delicacies increases with the number of children in the household. The expenditure on bus travel increases with the number of children in the household. The average payment on a land phone is the same in households with children and without children (NIS 77.3 and NIS 77.6 per month, respectively), and higher in households with three or more children NIS The average payment on a mobile phone is 1.7 times higher in households with children than households without children. A household with up to two children spends more on a mobile phone than a household with three or more children NIS versus NIS per month, respectively). Households without children contribute to charity more than households with children (NIS versus NIS 94.6 per month, respectively), but households with three or more children contributed more than households without children (NIS per month). Table G: Average Monthly Expenditure in NIS on Selected Products by Households With and Without Children 2013 White and dark subsidized bread Sliced bread Special bread Rolls and crackers Pita bread Snacks Breakfast cereals Milk delicacies and cheese Chocolate and cocoa spread Meals away from home Bus travel Taxi travel Landline phone bill Cellular phone bill Cigarettes, tobacco, and smoking products Contributions to institutions Total Households without Children Households with Children Total Up to two children Three children and more 10 Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, /11/2014

11 Household Ownership of Transport and Communication Durable Products (Table H) The percentage of households with one or two children that owned transport and communication products was higher than that of households with three or more children, with the exception of a digital converter. Of households with children, about 89.0% owned a computer and 74.2% had an internet service subscription, whereas 74.1% of households without children owned a computer and 67.7% had an internet subscription. The percentage of ownership of a television set and the percentage of those with a cable or satellite television subscription was higher among households without children than among households with children. Additionally, the percentage of those with a cable or satellite television subscription decreases with the increase in the number of children in the household. 91.8% of households with children have more than one mobile phone, compared with only 56.3% of households without children. 78.7% of households with children have at least one car, compared with only 58.1% of households without children. 39.1% of households with children have a tablet computer, compared with only 15.6% of households without children. Table H. Ownership of Selected Transport and Communication Products in Households With and Without Children 2013 Total Households without Children Households with Children Total Up to two children Three children and more Television Two televisions or more Subscription to cable or satellite television Digital converter DVD Home computer Two computers or more Internet Tablet computer Mobile telephone Two or more mobile telephone At least one car 11 Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, /11/2014

12 Names of Children Born in 2013 This was the 15th consecutive year in which Noa was most common name given to Jewish girls. As in previous years, Shira, Tamar, Talia, Maya and Yael were at the top of the most common names. The name Adele rose from eighth place to seventh place, and the percentage of girls with this name rose from 1.4% to 1.5%. The name Avigayil entered the top ten most common names given to Jewish girls, 1.4% of girls were given this name, compared with 1.3% in As in 2012, in 2013 as well, the most common names among Jewish boys were Noam, Uri, Itai, Yosef and David. 12 Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, /11/2014

13 Table I. The Most Common Names of Jewish Children in 2012 and 2013, by Sex (Percentages) Girls Boys 2013* ** Noa 2.4 Noa 2.52 Noam 2.36 Noam Shira 2.06 Shira 2.27 Uri 2.21 Uri Tamar 2.05 Tamar 2.11 Itai 2.08 Itai Talia 1.83 Talia 1.86 Yosef 2.03 Yosef Maya 1.74 Maya 1.85 David 1.89 David Yael 1.61 Yael 1.67 Daniel 1.69 Yehonatan Adele 1.54 Sarah 1.57 Ariel 1.61 Daniel Sarah 1.43 Adele 1.39 Yehonatan 1.58 Ariel Avigayil 1.4 Ayala 1.39 Eitan 1.49 Moshe Ayala 1.33 Michal 1.32 Moshe 1.47 Eitan 1.56 * The percentage of those without a name at the time of the data extraction: 5.46 ** The percentage of those without a name at the time of the data extraction: 7.06 The most common name among Moslem girls was Jana, followed by Maryam and Alynn. Alynn rose from 16 th place in 2102 (1.1%) to third place (1.9%). Malek was the most common name in 2012 (2.3% of girls were given this name) and fell to 7 th place in 2013 (1.7%). The most popular name for Moslem boys was Muhammad (15.7%) and Ahmed (5.2%). The name Omer rose to third place (3.3%) from sixth place in 2012 (2.8%). The name Emir rose from 10 th place in 2012 (1.7%) to 7 th place (2.2%). Table I. The Most Common Names of Moslem Children in 2012 and 2013, by Sex (Percentages) Girls Boys 2013* ** Jana 2.17 Malek 2.33 Muhammad Muhammad Maryam 2.07 Jina 2.28 Ahmed 5.24 Ahmed Alynn 1.85 Maryam 2.2 Omer 3.33 Yussaf Lian 1.81 Lynn 2.06 Yussaf 3.19 Adam Lynn 1.75 Lion 1.91 Adam 3.08 Abed Rimas 1.74 Rahaf 1.9 Abed 2.8 Omer Malek 1.71 Hala 1.65 Emir 2.24 Ali Hala 1.43 Rimas 1.61 Ali 2.05 Ibrahim Ritel 1.35 Nur 1.54 Mahmud 1.95 Mahmud Rahaf 1.29 Bisan 1.44 Ibrahim 1.94 Emir 1.74 * The percentage of those without a name at the time of the data extraction: 0.83 ** The percentage of those without a name at the time of the data extraction: Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, /11/2014

14 In fact, the most common name in Israel in 2013 was Muhammad, 1.7% of those born in 2013 were given this name, which was given to 15.7% of Moslem boys born in that year. Yosef (Yussaf) was the name ranked second with 1.2% of those born in the year given that name - 2% of Jewish boys, and 3.2% of Moslem boys, 1% of the Druze and 1.4% of the Christians. Noam was the third most common name among those born in Israel, with 1.1% of those born in the year given this name, 2.4% of Jewish boys and 0.5% of Jewish girls. Uri (Ori and Ur) was the name given to 1% of those born in the year, 2.4% of Jewish boys and 0.5% of Jewish girls. Noa was the name in fifth place (0.9% of those born in the year), given only to Jewish girls. Ariel was the sixth ranking name (approximately 0.9% of those born in the year), given to both Jewish boys (1.6%) and Jewish girls (0.6%). The name Daniel was ranked eight most common, both among Jewish boys (1.7%) and among Jewish girls (0.5%), as well as among Druze boys (2.1%) and Christian boys (0.8%). The names are of those born in Israel in The information is from the file of the Population Register and accurate for April Transportation Road Accident Casualties (not including accidents in the Judea and Samaria Area) In 2013, 13,048 road accidents with casualties were investigated by the Israel Police, in which there were 24,294 casualties; of those, 2,815 were children aged 0-14 (12%), an increase of about 6% compared with the number of children who were casualties in road accidents in 2012 (2,657). The proportion of children among casualties is lower than their share in the general population. Children aged 0-14 comprise approximately 12% of the casualties and approximately 8% of those killed, whereas their share in the population is 28%. Among the total amount of child casualties (aged 0-14) in 2013, 23 were killed (14 boys and 9 girls), 210 were severely injured (146 boys and 64 girls), and 2,582 were lightly injured (1,367 boys and 1,215 girls). In 2013, 644 of the children who were casualties in road accidents were pedestrians (about 20% of total pedestrians who were casualties); of those, 15 were killed, including seven who were killed as they were crossing the street. Among the children who were casualties while crossing the street (402), about 65% were injured in a crosswalk. 14 Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, /11/2014

15 In 2013, 84 children aged 0-14 were injured while riding a bicycle (out of 322 persons who were casualties while riding a bicycle in an accident involving a motor vehicle); three children were killed (all boys), 25 children were severely injured (24 boys and one girl) and 56 were lightly injured (54 boys and two girls). Localities (with 20,000 residents or more) with the highest rate of children who were casualties in road accidents in 2013 were: Baqa al-gharbia (31 children per 10,000 children), Qiryat Shemona (30 children per 10,000) and Sakhnin (26 children per 10,000). The proportion of Arab children among the casualties is higher than their share in the population of children in Israel. Arab children comprise approximately 26% of the population of children in Israel, but approximately 36% of the children who were casualties in road accidents and about 61% of the children who were killed in The share of children aged 0-4 among Arabs is especially noticeable: In 2013, out of nine children aged 0-4 who were killed in road accidents, six were Arab children (in 2012 eight out of the nine children aged 0-4 who were killed in road accidents were Arab children). Road Accident Casualties in the Judea and Samaria Area 272 children were casualties in the Judea and Samaria Area in 2013, three were killed, 29 were severely injured and 240 were lightly injured. Children (aged 0-17) who are Registered in Social Services Departments 7 In 2013, approximately 16% (441,000) of all the children up to age 17 in the Israeli population were registered at social services departments in the local authorities. Children aged 0-17 comprise about a third of all those registered at social services departments, of all ages, the same as their share in the general population. The proportion of Arab children who are registered at social services departments was greater than their proportion in the general population, 35% versus 26%, respectively. Jewish children, on the other hand, had a smaller proportion registered at social services departments than in the general population, 61% versus 71%, respectively. 142 out of 1,000 Jewish children were registered at social services departments, compared with 217 out of 1,000 children in the Arab population. 7 The data of this section were processed in the Central Bureau of Statistics based on a basic data file of the Ministry of Social Affairs, which includes families registered at social services departments in the local authorities, when at least one of the family members is defined as needy. 15 Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, /11/2014

16 Almost 40% of registered children are classified as "needy". 8 The rest of the children are not needy, but belong to a family in which at least one other person is classified as needy. This is one of the explanations for the high percentage of persons registered for social services among the Arab population, in which there are more children per family on the average. Among children with a defined need, most (60%) are classified under the main need of "parental dysfunction or children/youth dysfunction" (Diagram 2). This category includes "educational and behavioral problems of children" (25%), "dysfunction of the father/mother" (14%), "relationship problems between parents and children" (10%), and "personal problems, orphans and loss of children in the family". The second largest category of need, about 18%, is "medical reasons and disability", which includes problems due to birth defects and physical disabilities (8%) and mental retardation (3%); and the third largest category (15%) is "poverty, income problems and employment", which includes a lack of income from work, instability in employment and a lack of professional training. 8 Need is defined as the reason the individual is referred to the departments of social services. 16 Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, /11/2014

17 Criminal Felony Files 19,663 criminal files were opened by the police in 2012 for 10,586 juveniles aged This item describes files opened for very severe offenses (such as offenses involving drugs, sex, property or violence). 91.9% of juveniles with criminal files were boys. The rate of youths aged with criminal files was 11 per 1,000 youth at that age, referring to offences that occurred in the 2011/12 school year ( ). The rate of juveniles with criminal files per 1,000 persons in the population among boys (20) was ten times more than that among girls (two). As the age increases, so too does the rate of juveniles with criminal flies, from three juveniles with criminal files per 1,000 at ages to the rate of 23 juveniles with criminal files per 1,000 at age The percentage of those with criminal files in 2012 among students in schools under the supervision of the Ministry of Economy 9 was 8.7 times higher than among school children under the supervision of the Ministry of Education and 1.4 times more than youth who were not in a framework of studies. 9 Industrial schools and schools for apprentices of the Ministry of Economy. 17 Selected Data for Universal Children's Day, /11/2014