For the fourteenth year running, Japan's population has slumped to a record low. The non-foreign population dropped by nearly 900,000 — an unprecedented fall.
It’s because it’s not quite true. Reproductive rates are inversely correlated with wealth and education. If you’re poor, you need more kids to help the family (and, morbidly, even more kids in case some die due to lack of healthcare), especially once you yourself become elderly. When you’re secure, you end up not doing that.
But if you’re secure, but the world sucks, you say “why would I want to bring a child into this?”
If you want to maintain a population, you need to create the conditions for people to want to have kids, and give them the opportunity. Separately, you should also want to give your citizens a high standard of living.
But if you’re secure, but the world sucks, you say “why would I want to bring a child into this?”
Then the people around me must be oblivious af cause they’re pretty secure, lifestyle wise. I’m not talking about farmers or daily wage workers. The people I’m referring to have stable jobs and monthly income.
It’s because it’s not quite true. Reproductive rates are inversely correlated with wealth and education. If you’re poor, you need more kids to help the family (and, morbidly, even more kids in case some die due to lack of healthcare), especially once you yourself become elderly. When you’re secure, you end up not doing that.
But if you’re secure, but the world sucks, you say “why would I want to bring a child into this?”
If you want to maintain a population, you need to create the conditions for people to want to have kids, and give them the opportunity. Separately, you should also want to give your citizens a high standard of living.
Then the people around me must be oblivious af cause they’re pretty secure, lifestyle wise. I’m not talking about farmers or daily wage workers. The people I’m referring to have stable jobs and monthly income.
That’s not really true anymore, but poorly aware people cling to outdated ideas