Having children not top priority for S'poreans
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SINGAPORE : Most young Singaporeans do not see having children as a top priority, according to a new survey of over 1,000 Singaporeans and permanent residents aged 21 to 39 years.
The study, by advocacy group I Love Children, showed that only 3 per cent see having kids as a top priority.
28 per cent want a successful career, while 25 per cent want financial independence.
The survey comes on the back of Singapore's fertility rate dropping to a record low of 1.16 last year.
Despite the results, it seems that Singaporeans do eventually want kids.
64 per cent said they still want to have children, and this includes those who already have kids and want more.
Of the remaining 36 per cent who did not want to have children or were not sure about it, 39 per cent said they would change their mind if finances were not an issue.
Almost half the group also said they would change their mind if they had a more supportive spouse.
And on the ideal number of children, married couples who already have two children said they would like to have up to four kids, provided they had a flexible work arrangement.
Singles and newly-weds though said they only want two kids at most.
Joni Ong, president of advocacy group I Love Children said: "The results came from 1008 respondents, and as you can see, the bulk of the respondents came from the single, soon to wed and the newly-wed. They formed the bulk of the respondents. And at that life stage, I'm not surprised that having children is not a top priority.
"At that age and life stage, carving a career for themselves, being financially independent would come out higher at that point in time."
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No wonder birth rate falling.
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kids will be a priority when singaporeans achieve a certain level of wealth
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Originally posted by GHoST_18:
kids will be a priority when singaporeans achieve a certain level of wealth
there is nothing more important than money
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Originally posted by av98m:
there is nothing more important than money
Money makes the world go round. -
My friend working in Germany told us the public TV channels in Germany have special segments in the evening time broadcasting sexual intercourse to arouse sexual interest to encourage couples to have sex and to make babies.
If Singapore wants to boost it's birth rates, then Singapore must be prepared to try it out.
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Since when is having a kid is a top priority of Spore couples in the history of Singapore? It has always being the last priority for majority in almost all developed countries, not just Singapore alone.
In 200 years from now, the world will be in the dominated in the hand of Malays, Arabs, African, etc. It is a question of when not why.
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There is a price to pay for everything, that includes wanting more economy for the country. Wake up, nothing is free. It's the leaders who wanted this country to prosper, so they created so much opportunities for the population to make more money. We have to come to a sense that everything in life, whenever there is a plus, there will always be a minus. Every action has a equal and opposite reaction. Grow up, you can't always have everything you want in your ways, PAP, it's just not possible. The balance of life is always there, that is one reality no one can change. So , wise up and face the fact, nothing lasts forever.
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I want kids badly and it is those wicked women who don't want to have kids and don't want to have sex with me.
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FTs to the rescue!