Singapore (pro birth) Flashcards
Pro-Natalist policies in what year and what were they
-1987
-birth rate fell to 1.4 children
Gov policy: have three or more children if you can afford it.
- encouraged educated financially stable couples to have kids
- demotivated less stable families so that less was spent on welfare aid
What network encourages procreation and marriage
Governments social development network.
(SND)
Mothers with ____ children got generous gov benefits
3 or 4
If a mother passed thee O levels in one sitting she got
enhanced child benifit
Families with 2+ kids
Priority access to schools and housing
Subsidies in
Government run or approved childcare centers
Women seeking sterilisation with less than 3 kids
Received mandatory counselling
Rebate given to mothers who have :
2 kids before 28
However fertility rate remains low at
1.25
Fertility remains low as
-many women have good jobs and education
- they want to enjoy there careers and have lots of leisure young.