HONG KONG, May 25 ― Only around half of Hong Kong's young adults plan to have children, a record as the city struggles to boost fertility rates, according to a survey...
Hong Kong recorded a fertility rate of 0.75 last year, well below the global replacement level of 2.1 births per woman. — AFP picHONG KONG, May 25 ― Only around half of Hong Kong's young adults plan to have children, a record as the city struggles to boost fertility rates, according to a survey published yesterday.
A survey by the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong showed 51.1 per cent of young women and 44.8 per cent of young men wanted children ― a fall of around nine percentage points over the past decade to new depths.One-child families also beat out two-children families for the first time as the preferred choice of young adults in Hong Kong, according to the survey.
“Young people like to have more freedom and more control over their life... they are concerned about the financial difficulties they will experience if they want to raise a family,” Yip said.The top reasons cited by respondents for not having children were fear of child-rearing responsibilities, society being unsuitable for children's development and heavy financial burdens.Hong Kong recorded a fertility rate of 0.75 last year, well below the global replacement level of 2.1 births per woman.
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