RESULTS AND ANALYSIS.

interview 1 :

Name : MsJolene. 

Occupation : teacher in Zhonghua Primary. 

Age : 27 

Q : are you married?

A : no. 

Q : do you intend to have children in the future?

A : yes.

Q : how many do you intend to have?

A : two.

Q : what is stopping you to have more?

A : no comment 

Q : what do you think will happen if this continues?

A : because there are no natural resources in Singapore , manpower is the only source of resource . they depend on people to provide more money .

Q : what do you think the government can do to encourage to have more children ?

A : provide more money , provide incentives . 

                              

interview 2 :

Name : MrsMeiYun .

Occupation : receptionist

Age : 31 

Q : are you married?

A : yes

Q : how many children do you have?

A : 1

Q :what is stopping you to have more?

A :i have no time , and im busy with my job

Q : why do you think people in Singapore are not giving birth?

A : they are too busy with their work

Q : what do you think will happen if this continues?

A : Singapore's population will decrease and there will be more foreigns coming to Singapore

interview 3
Name : MsSusan
Occupation : accountant
Age :24

Q :are you married?
A : no

Q : how many children do you intend to have?
A : 2-3

Q :what makes you wanna have children?
A : to continue the family name

Q :why do you think people in Singapore are not giving birth?
A : they have no time to look after their children

Q :why do you think will happen if this continues?
A : work force will be smaller

Q : what do you think the government will do to encourage people to have more children?
A : better inceptives and better policy

interview 4
Name : Mdm Zawiyah
Occuaption : housewife
Age : 56

Q : are you married?
A : yes

Q : how many children do you have?
A : 5

Q :what makes you wanna have children?
A : children bring joy and happiness

Q :why do you think the government is so concern about low birth rate?
A : population of aging people are increasing , while the population of the young generation is decreasing.

Q : what do you think the government will do to encourage people to have more children?
A : conduct more family planning prog    , and give free education .

interview 5
Name : Jimmy H
Occupation : CEO of company
Age : 36

what do you think the government will do to encourage people to have more children?
A : yes

Q : how many children do you have?
A : 3

what do you think the government will do to encourage people to have more children?
A : yes

Q :what makes you wanna have children?
A ; i regret having children , they make me angry everyday by fighting within themselves or either getting negative comments from their teachers

Q :why do you think people in singapore are not giving birth?
A : too busy , no time

Q :why do you think the government is so concern about low birth rate?
A :population will not grow

Q : what do you think the government will do to encourage people to have more children?
A : free birth , free hospital bills , free education .

interview 6
Name : Mr Haran
Occupation : engineer worker
Age :47

Q : are you married?
A : yes

Q : how many children do you have?
A : 2

Q : what is stopping you from having more children?
A : very hard to take care of , both me and my wife have not much spare time for them , fees for studying and living is very high .

Q : why do you think the government is so worried about low birth rate?
A : nobody to look after old folks .

Q : what do you thin will happen if this continues?
A : there will be financial issues for people like me , who have no money for the higher living cost.

interview 7
Name : MissKimberly .
Occupation : Head Hunter .
Age : 27
Q : are you married?
A : no.

Q : do you intend to have children?
A : not at the moment because i haven't settled down on my job, but yes, i do intend to have children.

Q : how many children do you intend to have?
A : 2 .

Q : why do you think the government is so concerned about low birth rate?
A : no manpower source.

Q : what do you think will happen if this continues?
A : lack of manpower = no resource .

Q : what do you think the government can do to encourage people to have more children?
A : strike a better pay for work life so it would be easier to support the children.

interview 8
name : -
age : 31
Q : are you married ?
A : nope .

Q : do you intend to have children ?
A : yes .

Q : how many children do you intend to have?
A : around 2-3 ?

Q : why do you think that the government is so concerned about low birth rate ?
A : work force will be smaller.

Q : what do you think the government can do to encourage people to have more children ?
A : better inceptives and better policies . ( education , work )

interview 9
name : MrEric .
occupation : * confidential *
age : 28
Q : are you married?
A : yes

Q : do you intend to have children?
A : no .

Q : why not ?
A : too stressful , me and my wife also have no time to spare.

Q : why do you think the government is so concerned about low birth rate?
A : aging population rapidly increasing

interview 10
Name : MdmDina
Occupation :
Age:35

Q :are you married?
A : yes

Q : how many children do you have?
A : 2

Q :whats stopping you to have more?
A : me and my husband have no time and wwe are both busy with our carreers

Q:why do you think the government is so concern about low birth rate?
A : if singapore's population decrease , they'll be more foreign workers and people in singapore.And they'll be more foreings and lesser Sinagporeans.

Q:what do you think the government can do to encourage people to have more children?
A :give free education , hospital bills , increase salary and have more baby bonus . etc

interview 11
Name:MrsHanis
Occupation: Lawyer
Age: 25

Q: are you married ?
A: i just got engaged .

Q:how many children do you intend to have?
A : 3-4

Q :why do you think the government is concerned about low birth rate?
A : ageing population will increase,they'll be higher taxes and smaller talent pool

Q: what do you think the government can do to encourage people to have more children?
A : improve the quality of life , lower taxes , more education on family planning , incentives and penalties to encourage smaller families , extending working life by increasing retirement age .

interview 12
Name :MsLi
Occupation: Administrator
Age:28

Q:are you married?
A: No

Q:how many children do you intend to have?
A:1-2

Q: what do you think the government can do to encourage people to have more children?
A:give free education and medical fees .

Q:why do you think the goevernment is so concerned about low birth rate?
A:the growing proportion of elderly individuals threatens the solvency of pension and social insurance systems. As household sizes decrease, the ability to care for the elderly diminishes. Meanwhile, elderly people face growing health care needs and costs.

METHODOLOGY.

We interviewed a total of 12 people. We did the survey questions together. In fours , we went to NEX to interview people of different ages , occupation , and racial groups .. We looked at the people and approached people who looked like they are more than 20 years. We asked them our survey questions and wrote down their questions .

We asked the following questions :

Are you married ? If so , how many children do you have or intend to have ? If not , how many children do you want to have after you get married?
2. Why do you want to have children ? or Why don't you want to have children ?
3. Why don't you want to have more children ? ( if interviewee wants 1-2 children ) or Why do you want to have so mnay children ? ( if the interviewee has 3 or more children )
4. What other reasons do you think why Singaporeans don't want to have children ?
5. Why do you think the government is concerned about the low birthrate ?
6. What do you think the government can do to encourage you or other people to give birth to more children ?


The next post will show you the results and analysis of our survey . (:

CONCLUSION.

We've come to know that people from different races and occupations have different views on the number of children they have or want to have.

Most of the chinese people that we've interviewed prefer to have less than 3 childrens as most of them thinks that it would tough for them to maintain and support the family. For the ones that aren't married, they wouldn't have the time for their children as they're working.

As for the malays, they would rather have more than 3 childrens as they think of it as a positive way although most of them don't have the time for their childrens. Despite the fact that they have no time for their children, they think that they would have more joy and happiness.

As for the local Indians, they would rather have fewer children, as they find it hard to maintain the family as living cost in Singapore high. As for the foreign Indians, they would rather have more children, as they want their children to continue the family name.






















SHANN :
How have you contributed to the team ?
- Yes , i have . I have contributed in the team by going to NEX and interviewing people .
I have also done my share by editing and contributing to posting posts on this blog . Everyone in my team has contributed a fair share of  work .
What have you learnt ?
- i've learnt while conducting some interviews, we have to have a sense of rejection and perseverance to move forward and not give up.










Amirah:)
How have you contributed to the team ?
.I have contributed the team by researching about the affects of low birth rates, interviewing people and also doing the blog.
What have you learnt ?
. i have learnt that low birth rates will affect singapore and i've also know why singaporeans only want to have lesser than 3 chidren as they dont have the time to take care of their chidren because they want to concentrate on their jobs .






Nur Elsa Liew :
How have you contributed to the team?
I've conducted interviews with some people, wrote down informations, did some research regarding low birth rate.
What have you learnt?
I've learnt more about people's view and opinions at different religions. Learnt to have some perseverance, not to give up. Continue doing till i succeed.






JOY :
How have you contributed to the team?
i have conducted interviews with some people, research regarding low birth rate. contributed to adding information into the blog.
What have you learnt?
i've learnt that people from different ages, occupations and religions, have different views on low birth rate.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

FACTORS OF LOW BIRTH RATE :
More people are marrying later and having children later in their lives. Maybe it's due to the fact that more women now have higher academic quialifications than before. They may even choose to pursue a career before settling down and having children. Furthermore, more of the women cannot conceive babies after they reach the age of 50 and those who marry later or delay having children are left with fewer years to have babies.


Not only later marriages, it causes fewer marriages as well. As more people choose to remain single, there will be fewer families and birth rates will fall tremendously.


CONSEQUENCES OF LOW BIRTH RATE :
With fewer births, the number of young people in a population decreases. Therefore, there will be lesser young adults taking over the next generation. Singapore will tend to often have a growing percentage of older people compared to young people in their population. This will cause 'aging population'.

SOLUTIONS :
- We can get younger foreigners to migrate to Singapore
- Conduct more courses for family planning and childbearing .
- Incentives and penalties ( monetary rewards and incentives to encourage smaller families )
- Build more infrastructures or establishing services for a young and growing population .
- Encourage finacial planning ( personal savings and investments , social security schemes , pension and retirements funds . )


Source of information : Geography textbook ;

INTRODUCTION.

We are a group of students from Peicai Secondary School, class 2E. This blog is mainly about our investigation on low birth rate in Singapore. we interviewed a total of  14 people ranging from young adults, to middle aged adults, to senior citizens. They are ranked from different jobs such as, housewives, cleaners, office workers and even air stewardess. The rest of the blog will show you our research and what we have concluded.