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Apr 25, 2011
Housing link to low fertility rate
AS SOMEONE queueing for new HDB flats or waiting for flats to be completed, I disagree with National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan ("WP's proposals dangerous: Mah"; last Thursday).
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Showing posts with label Social (Fertility Rt(s)). Show all posts
Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Encourage gender equality and the babies will come
The Straits Times, www.straitstimes.comPublished on Jan 22, 2011
Encourage gender equality and the babies will come
LITTLE attention has been paid to the fact that greater gender equality will yield better results in reversing the declining birth rates ('More couples saying no to having kids', last Friday; and 'Why 'Stop at two' still makes sense to me', Sunday).
Encourage gender equality and the babies will come
LITTLE attention has been paid to the fact that greater gender equality will yield better results in reversing the declining birth rates ('More couples saying no to having kids', last Friday; and 'Why 'Stop at two' still makes sense to me', Sunday).
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Fertility rate here drops to new low
Fertility rate here drops to new low
Updated 12:01 PM Jan 18, 2011, by Hoe Yeen Nie
SINGAPORE - The bottom is falling out of Singapore's fertility rates.
After inching to a record low of 1.22 babies per resident female in 2009, the Total Fertility Rate slumped to 1.16 last year based on preliminary estimates, taking the resident population further away from its natural replacement rate of 2.1 babies.
Updated 12:01 PM Jan 18, 2011, by Hoe Yeen Nie
SINGAPORE - The bottom is falling out of Singapore's fertility rates.
After inching to a record low of 1.22 babies per resident female in 2009, the Total Fertility Rate slumped to 1.16 last year based on preliminary estimates, taking the resident population further away from its natural replacement rate of 2.1 babies.
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