Sunday, January 28, 2018

Singapore has the lowest fertility rate in the world

Singapore has the lowest fertility rate among all countries in the world.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/268083/countries-with-the-lowest-fertility-rates/

This is contributed by several factors, which are the direct result of PAP economic and social policies over the past decades. I consider this "performance" to be the most damning indictement of the failure of the PAP policies.

The contributing factors are:

a) High cost of living
b) Insecurity of jobs.
c) Inadequate wages
d) National service - which delays marriage by at least 2 years
e) Reservist duty which makes employers prefer foreigners.

Here is the explanation of the fertility rate:

Fertility rate
The fertility rate is the average number of children born per woman of child-bearing age in a country. Usually, a woman aged between 15 and 45 is considered to be in her child-bearing years. The fertility rate of a country provides an insight into its economic state, as well as the level of health and education of its population.


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