The decline in Singapore's birth rate can be attributed to multiple factors. Historically, population policies implemented between 1966 and 1981 aimed to reduce birth rates through various disincentives, such as no paid maternity leave and higher delivery charges.
ageing population results in decreasing birth rate .
women will pursue their careers and earn more money and cannot focus on having a child . The ageing population might also cause a problem and affecting Singapore birth rate
elderly will need more health care services and hence the government will need more people in the workforce , forcing more people to go to work.
citizens changing attitude towards marraige
woman are getting more educated . hence , allowing them to play an important part in the workforce and start a career . they will then want to pursue their career and will not marry so early or have babies at a later age
woman then will decide to have children at a later age . resulting in a declining birth rate in Singapore they will also have lesser children than those who marry at a younger age.
past population policies
people started to realize the disadvantages of having a big family and start to have lesser children leading to the declining birth rate in Singapore
Between 1966 or 1981 , 3 five year plans were implanted to encourage people to have lesser babies.
examples of disincentive are no paid maternity leave , increased delivery charges in hospital and no more tax relief
financial concerns by singaporeans
In conclusion , the reason behind the declining birth rate in Singapore is because of the people's career mindset and educations encouraging them to work for the country instead of having children.
Government has also increased the foreign maid levy and hence raising the cost of bringing up a child in Singapore. people are still having child but most of them are having lesser children than compared to the past years.
The reason why couples don't want to have children is because of the high cost of bringing up children in Singapore they require good education and there are no subsidies for the baby if you give birth to one.