Why East Asia birth rates are so insanely low?

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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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because only working 9 to 5 is a luxury here. because this generation grew up as kids whose two working parents were never home. 

until you can afford living off of a single income, why would anyone subject their own children to that?

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