Recently, the National Bureau of Statistics showed that at the end of 2022, China's male population was 32.37 million more than the female population. In 2022, the number of births in 2022 was 9.56 million, and the national population decreased by 850,000 in 2022.
According to China.com, this is the first time since 1950 that the annual birth population has fallen below 10 million. In addition, the birth rate of the mainland population fell below 1% (i.e. 10 per thousand) for three consecutive years.
So with the development of recent years, people's living standards have improved, and the happiness index has been improved, why is the fertility rate declining year by year? A few decades ago, living standards were low, economic conditions were poor, and people generally had four or five children per household. There are several reasons for this:
1. Raise children to prevent aging
After marrying a daughter splashing water, many families hope to have a boy to continue the bloodline, especially in rural areas, boys need to do heavy physical work to share the burden of the family, so they have to have sons.
2. Don't be bullied by others
A few decades ago, it was similar to the current countryside, and there were naturally some contradictions with neighbors because of fields, rice planting and water use. Therefore, only if you have a son in the village will you have the right to speak, otherwise you will be bullied as a soft persimmon.
Due to the influence of the traditional idea of preferring sons over women, a few decades ago each family had four or five children, although they ate poorly and dressed poorly, as the saying goes, three years on the left and three years on the right, and they made up for another three years. A year of dry work will be enough to eat, and sometimes you even have to go to relatives to borrow it.
Why is it that now that the standard of living has improved, the quality of life, and the happiness index have risen, they are not willing to have a second child, let alone a third child. Mainly, now I think there are the following points.
1. Economic conditions do not allow
Now raising a child costs a lot of money: diapers, milk, snacks, toys, dressing, interest classes, education, medical care, etc. all cost money,
2. There are no helpers with children
The big one just went to kindergarten, it was not easy to pick up and drop off, buy vegetables and cook in the morning, and then come to a small one. This is because both parents cannot help (parents are not in good health, older and other reasons)
3. Living expenses become larger
Now life is stressful, money has to be spent everywhere, and having a child is already very difficult. There is another pressure that is even greater.
4. Deterioration in quality of life
A child needs to be held from a young age to the time before leaving, will go, and needs to follow at all times. Until the age of two or three can you say that you sleep all night, one more child is one more pair of chopsticks, and the quality of life of a child and a family with two children is definitely different.
5. The risk of fertility becomes greater
Generally, the age of the mother of the second child is not small, so the risk of having a second child will be greatly increased.
6. Lack of energy
When many mothers give birth to a child, they are around 25-28 years old, just in time for childbearing age. The main force for the birth of a second child is 28-38.
7. Daddy reasons
Dad is often away from home for work reasons, and Bao's mother is basically taken care of alone after giving birth.
8. The boss is unwilling
Sometimes Dabao does not want his mother to regenerate
9. I don't want to delay my work because of my second child
Many women, after giving birth, often make sacrifices in their careers for the sake of the family, or stay at home full-time, if they are people with children, they need to go to work and educate their children when they go home.
Many families do not have a second child, which is none other than these reasons. Why is it that although it has been advocating to encourage the birth of second and third children, some identities have even introduced policies to give birth subsidies to stimulate parents to have a second child.
With the serious aging and the decline of births, various national policies have been introduced. I hope that you will give birth according to your own situation, it is not good to have a birth, but with a second child there are also the benefits of a second child, my family is now two children, the difference of two years, the eldest is only 4 years old, indeed living a life of chicken flying dogs and jumping every day, the two fight all day and grab things. Life is indeed not ideal, but in a few years the child will be older and sensible.
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Let's end with a passage for answering questions and answers.
Money spent doubled
Sleepy can't sleep
Work is not secure
Life is not passionate
Wash your ass all day
Full-time shovel officer
Reading is picked up and dropped
Interest should be cultivated
If you educate well
Grow up two pieces of treasure
During the New Year's holiday
Double the trouble at home
Stay until retirement
Two honor you old
Not only will buy clothes
She came to buy alcohol
The disease came like a mountain
The hospital ran for two
If one person is in trouble
Only brothers and sisters
The above is a little of my superficial understanding, leave attention, comments, thanks!