People’s reluctance can be linked to long working hours (no time for a family) and lower income compared to previous generations. Things the government actually could fix, but refuses to address. Instead they keep trying band aid measures. If the population never recovers, they only have themselves to blame.
50.3% said they intend to get married *someday.* Yeah, and they won’t even start looking until they’re in their 40s.
I don’t think young people are keen but rather just under the impression that they will eventually get married and have children as natural course of living. Most won’t have regrets or really care if that doesn’t happen
This is what I’ve been saying. So many people say it’s more than money and working hours, using attitudes from Western countries as evidence, which ignores the fact that Japan isn’t a Western country and doesn’t have a Western attitude towards building a family. The childfree movement in the West is more concerned with altruism than with logistics. The childfree movement in Japan doesn’t even exist, because the people who don’t want kids simply don’t marry; and for the few that do their reason for not having kids is either logistical or medical. The logistics are the main problem.
You don’t even need a survey to understand this. Just have some semblance of a social life with the local 20~30 age group and they will tell you this.
“Intend to… someday” means no in Japan.
Most people around the whole world want family and kids, its just not worth breaking the bank for it, give me a shit ton of money and ill have a kid, but oh wait the government can’t afford it? Then I wont have any kids, simple as that
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People’s reluctance can be linked to long working hours (no time for a family) and lower income compared to previous generations. Things the government actually could fix, but refuses to address. Instead they keep trying band aid measures. If the population never recovers, they only have themselves to blame.
50.3% said they intend to get married *someday.* Yeah, and they won’t even start looking until they’re in their 40s.
I don’t think young people are keen but rather just under the impression that they will eventually get married and have children as natural course of living. Most won’t have regrets or really care if that doesn’t happen
This is what I’ve been saying. So many people say it’s more than money and working hours, using attitudes from Western countries as evidence, which ignores the fact that Japan isn’t a Western country and doesn’t have a Western attitude towards building a family. The childfree movement in the West is more concerned with altruism than with logistics. The childfree movement in Japan doesn’t even exist, because the people who don’t want kids simply don’t marry; and for the few that do their reason for not having kids is either logistical or medical. The logistics are the main problem.
You don’t even need a survey to understand this. Just have some semblance of a social life with the local 20~30 age group and they will tell you this.
“Intend to… someday” means no in Japan.
Most people around the whole world want family and kids, its just not worth breaking the bank for it, give me a shit ton of money and ill have a kid, but oh wait the government can’t afford it? Then I wont have any kids, simple as that