singapores natal policies

Question 1

pro-natalist policies

Answer 1

increase birth rates

encourage bigger families
higher fertility rates

Question 2

anti-natalist policies

Answer 2

decrease birth rates

encourage smaller families
lower fertility rates

Question 3

when was singapores anti-natalist policies?

Answer 3

1972-1987

‘stop at two’

Question 4

what are examples of policies used during the anti-natalist period 1972-1987?

Answer 4

low cost contraception
free education for smaller families
sterilisation programmes promoted
access to low cost healthcare for small families

Question 5

what was used to promote the anti-natalist policies?

Answer 5

posters

media imagery showin better families, outcomes and opportunities so people opt for this lifestyle instead

Question 6

when was the pro-natalist policies?

Answer 6

1987 onwards

‘have three or more if you can afford it’

Question 7

why did hey enlist the pro-natalist policies?

Answer 7

faced a shrinking population
greying work force
old age dependency

Question 8

what are examples of pronatalist policies?

Answer 8

increase maternity leave t 12 weeks
covering maternity pay
increasing child benefits
subsidised child care
abortion discouraged

Question 9

why were these government policies not perceived that well?

Answer 9

som saw the government as controlling

in a broadly democratic HIC its impossible for the government to have a strong influence on personal decisions

its difficult to change people attitudes