Singapore pro natal policy
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- Reasons for implementing
- Singapore Pro-Natal Policy
- Strategies
- Stick and carrot method used
- Increase of child benefits for every family.
- Spacious apartments for parents with three of more children
- Tax rebates for more children
- Special counseling to discourage abortions
- Cheap nurseries
- Increasing maternity leave to 12 weeks for the first four babies
- Increase child benefits for each family
- Paying $1000 for six years into a special account
- Slogans and posters, 1987's slogan: "Have Three Or More" (if you can afford it)
- During competition and school events, families with 2+ children would have priority
- Paying US$1000 for six years in a special account
- Donations were given to each child in a government-run / government-approved child care centre
- Abortions of convenience” were discouraged and women would be given compulsory Abortion Counselling
- Also women with less than 3 children who want to be sterilised would receive compulsory counselling
- A tax rebate (of 20000 SGD) began in 1990 for women who were having their second child before 28.
- Families with more than two children with a HDB flat of three rooms or higher would receive priority if they desired to upgrade to a larger flat
- Success
- Citizens were offered/ rewarded with various services such as the maternal leave up to12 weeks, carer’s leave for fathers and cash incentives.
- 13.6% increase in birth rates in 1988 (the year the policy was introduced)
- Was not forced upon citizen but was merely encouraged to ‘have 3 or more if you can afford it
- Aimed towards female graduates – regarded education with importance, and also influenced the more educated to have children as they are more likely to have higher paying jobs and also uni graduates are at most admired marrying age.
- Shorter working hours – so singles can date and marryIncreased services (eg. Healthcare, leisure activities)
- Preferential access to the best schools
- Financial insentives
- 13.6% increase in birth rates since 1988
- Replacement rate 2.1
- Failures
- The 40 year old virgin People in Singapore tend to have a firm mindset of marrying late and having fewer children
- High cost of living Due to high expenses, families would prefer to have less children to cut costs
- Change required due to policy being very successful leading to a surplus
- High cost of living
- Increased divorce rates
- 6% of couple is childless and rising
- Over population
- More deforestation and pollution (caused by demand for settlement area and increased use of cars, etc.)
- Limitation of resources
- Strategies
- Highly educated women and less educated men have difficultly finding suitable spouses
- Some people choose to remain single or get married and have fewer children
- Parents want high standards for children therefore they work harder and have fewer babies
- Higher cost of living
- Abortion is common 1/4 pregnancies end in termination
- Divorce rates are rising
- Family values strained
- Number of childless couples is 6% and rising
- Lowest total fertility rates Has a rate of 1.1 (Replacement rate is 2.1)
- Very high percentage of foreign individuals 36% of population is foreign (If not implemented possible loss of culture, heritage etc.)
- Family planning was introduced in 1949 by a group of volunteers.Family Planning Association of SingaporeEstablished numerous sexual health clinicsOffered contraception, treatment for minor gynaecological ailments, and marital advice.
- Singapore Pro-Natal Policy
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