Young unmarried men and women do not want to have children according to survey in Japan

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In Japan, there is a major concern due to the fact that many married couples are not having children which would reduce the population in Japan, as most of the population are elderly.

Governments are trying to introduce ideas to pay married couples monthly to have children or some financial incentive.

But it appears that many have no plans to have children at all.

With the latest survey from Rhoto Parmaceutical shows that many unmarried Japanese men and women have no desire to have children.

On the 29th, Rohto Pharmaceutical released the 2022 edition of the “White Paper on Pregnancy”, an awareness survey on pregnancy.

49.4% of 400 unmarried men and women between the ages of 18 and 29 answered that they did not want children in the future. It was the highest in the past three years when the survey was conducted . Economic problems and concerns about the burden of childbirth and childcare were cited as reasons.

By gender, it was 53.0% for men and 45.6% for women. When asked about their reasons in an open-ended manner, they responded that they had economic problems, such as “the cost of raising children is too high,” and vague feelings of unease, such as “I would feel sorry for my children because I am too worried about the future of Japan”.

In addition, in a survey of 800 married men and women aged 25 to 44 who wish to have children, 48.1% answered that they are trying to conceive in cooperation with their partners, down from the peak of 60.3% in 2020. The percentage has dropped significantly.

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