Since the mid-1960s, Singapore’s government has attempted to control the country’s rate of population growth with a mixture of publicity, exhortation, and material incentives and disincentives. The government responded with policies intended to further reduce the birth rate. …
Q. What is a Pronatalist policy?
A pro-natalist policy is a population policy which aims to encourage more births through the use of incentives. This can be done through education on family planning and increased access to contraception, or by law (China—One Child Policy.)
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- Q. What is a Pronatalist policy?
- Q. What are Pronatalist factors?
- Q. Which of the following is an example of pro-natalist policy?
- Q. Why are pro-natalist policies important?
- Q. What problems might Singapore have faced as a result of this population structure?
- Q. What were some disincentives the government gave in order to reduce Singapore’s birth rates in the past?
- Q. Which of the following countries is promoting larger families?
- Q. How long was the one child policy in place?
Q. What are Pronatalist factors?
Pro-natalist policies are policies which are designed with the purpose of increasing the birth rate/fertility rate of an area. They are found in countries with either very slow natural increase or natural decrease and in areas with ageing populations.
Q. Which of the following is an example of pro-natalist policy?
An example of a pro-natalist policy, which encourages higher birthrates, is Singapore. An example of an anti-natalist policy, which encourages families to have fewer children, is the famous ‘one-child policy’ in China, introduced in 1978-1980.
Q. Why are pro-natalist policies important?
A pro natal policy increases the child birth rate and helps to replace generation before. It may not increase the countries replacement rate to 2.1or more but it helps country to improve the population number. Countries want to control their population to maintain their economic growth as well.
Q. What problems might Singapore have faced as a result of this population structure?
What problems might Singapore have faced as a result of this population structure? Singapore may have faced problems like an increase of people/children that are not ofage to work, resulting in a decrease in the workforce.
Q. What were some disincentives the government gave in order to reduce Singapore’s birth rates in the past?
As part of the two-child policy, the government introduced a set of disincentives pertaining to childbirth fees, income tax, maternity leave and prioritisation of public housing allocation aimed at penalising couples who had more than two children from 1 August 1973 onwards.
Q. Which of the following countries is promoting larger families?
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Q. How long was the one child policy in place?
36 years
