A study commissioned by the Philippine population commission finds that even before COVID-19, more Filipino couples thought of delaying childbearing, which was then reinforced by the pandemic's economic plunge
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When the trend emerged in 2017 and 2018, there was a decline in total registered live births from 1,700,618 to 1,668,120. Then, in 2019, there was a slight pick-up at 1,673,923, but the drop returned as the COVID-19 pandemic began. “These preferences were reinforced by the shocks in broader socioeconomic conditions, and the rise in the level of uncertainties in various aspects of the pandemic,” she said, adding that the commission was monitoring if these fertility behaviors have become the norm post-pandemic.
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