59% of babies were born of Singaporean parents last year
According to channel newsasia, 59% of babies who were born in Singapore last year, has both parents who Singaporeans.
This is the summary of the article:
Statistic shows that 75% of the babies born in Singapore are fathered by Singaporean men while Singaporean women only accounted for 65% of them.
"If Singapore men are fathering more babies than Singapore women are giving birth to, then who is delivering the goods?"
It was reported that 6,071 babies who were born to Singapore fathers, has mothers who are either Malaysians, Indonesians, Chinese nationals, or are from other countries in the region.
According the article, "climbing the career ladder is one reason sociologists give for the low fertility rate among Singapore women, particularly among those with degrees."
An extract from the article, Associate Professor Angelique Chan, assistant head of Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore, said:
"A woman puts a lot of effort, time, overtime, into her work in her early 20s, mid—late 20s, then she gets to be about 30 years old and then she is thinking about marriage but it’s hard for her to find someone (at that age). The older you get, the more entrenched you get in your lifestyle....and it gets harder to adapt to another person."
My thoughts:
Quite sad huh?
When the fittest inthe world survive, yet they have to give up other things? Does being the best mean so much?
Why some cannot understand being simple and content with what you have can be happiness and blissful as well?
I guess, with better educations, people expects to lead a better life... ... but sometimes when we are busying chasing some things in life... we tends to miss out other more important things....
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I would choose the same too xL... :D
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hey jasmine.... hi-5!!!!
cheers!
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