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Four Reason on Why Singaporeans are not having enough babies (Workplace…
Four Reason on Why Singaporeans are not
having enough babies
The Financial Reasons
Financially not ready
Small income
Singapore is the most expensive city
The dollars and cents logic of being single
Hardly any real increase in income for years
Costs of infant and childcare
Healthcare aspects
Couple with requirements for raising a child
Combined income of $40,000+ per month
More than one car
Ability to buy property near prestigious schools
Necessity (not just option) of an overseas education
Economic Darwinism
Survival of the richest
Did not earn enough income
Children won’t get to university
End up with low-income jobs
Fall seriously ill
Can’t rely on government aid for kids
Jobs lost
Not enough expenses
No safety net for the children
Workplace Culture
Hard to put work aside
Unable to leave the work in the office
Not enough spend time with kids
Work longest work hours
Keep families apart
Lower-income
Could not afford to raise a child with an average monthly pay
Could not juggle motherhood and their work
Career focus
Waited until it was too late to try for a baby
Enjoy the freedom of life without kids
Do not want to deal with the lifelong responsibility of raising a child
Unwilling to sacrifice their careers
Housing
Resale flat
Near a good school
Appropriate space for a child to grow in (individual estimates vary)
Five-room or landed property
BTO Flats
Needs to wait two to three years
Need to have space to raise children
Can't afford private property to move into immediately
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