Shanghai in China has a fertility rate 0f 0.50
Some parts of South Korea like wards of Seoul and Busan are already in or below 0.30 children per woman
In 2023 Taiwan’s fertility rate was 0.865 and still going downside
The Hong kong one was 0.75 kids per woman
Singapore is 0.97 (and declining very fast)
Japan is the highest at 1.20 (with Tokyo being 0.99) and they’re declining also really fast
Why???
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I think three factors working as a team.
Insane working culture reduces time to do raise kids. DINKs think how tf am i going to raise kids when i barely have time to rest myself. This is a reason specific and mostly prominent to asia.
Two, cost of living. One way to increase time is to have one not working but that aint sustainable due to the reduced income.
Im a DINK and i cannot imagine the stress it would put me if i had a kid from the money pressure. This is a reason for many countries outside asia too.
Finally, social pressure is somewhat relaxed now for men and women to not have kids. Back in the days, if youre a woman, you’re expected to stay home and have kids you dont even consider the option of not having one. A lot of woman naturally agreed with that but a lot of women probably wouldn’t have had one if there was no pressure/expectation. Now, its actually an option to consider. Kids are now reserved for those who genuinely want one
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