Fertility in Singapore: Difference between revisions

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This page gives information of type fertility about the country Singapore.
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Data sources

Human Fertility Database data is not available for Singapore. We therefore rely on the United Nations data as compiled by Gapminder.

Qualitative history of fertility-relevant events and trends

Key events

The event history here is based on the discussion of Singapore in Jonathan Last's book What to Expect When No One's Expecting.

Year	Event	Postulated effects seen in fertility statistics
1966	The government of Singapore established a "Family Planning and Population Board" which used a combination of persuasive and coercive tactics. The government launched a propaganda campaign with emphasis on the importance of the two-child ideal.
1983	The government switched to a pro-natalist policy, providing tax breaks to highly educated women who had three or more children, while giving cash incentives to women with low levels of education who refrained from having more than two children.
1986	The government initiated a "New Population Policy" encouraging everybody to have more children. The "Two is Enough" messages were replaced by messages of the "Have Three or More Children If You Can" form.
2000	The government announced "Baby Bonus" programs as well as "Child Development Accounts" that provided government-matched long-term savings for kids.

Data on period fertility

The data below is UN data as used by Gapminder.

Year	Total fertility rate (TFR) estimate
1883	5.16595125
1888	5.73120345
1903	5.4557564
1908	5.37651885
1913	5.39830256
1918	5.62247585
1923	5.8856217
1928	6.46294663
1933	7.1934885
1938	7.6759488
1943	5.7249155
1948	6.60352
1950	6.487
1951	6.538
1952	6.62
1953	6.661
1954	6.661
1955	6.62
1956	6.538
1957	6.415
1958	6.254
1959	6.055
1960	5.821
1961	5.557
1962	5.27
1963	4.967
1964	4.658
1965	4.356
1966	4.074
1967	3.815
1968	3.582
1969	3.375
1970	3.19
1971	3.014
1972	2.836
1973	2.652
1974	2.461
1975	2.272
1976	2.096
1977	1.945
1978	1.827
1979	1.743
1980	1.82
1981	1.78
1982	1.74
1983	1.61
1984	1.62
1985	1.61
1986	1.43
1987	1.62
1988	1.96
1989	1.75
1990	1.83
1991	1.73
1992	1.72
1993	1.74
1994	1.71
1995	1.67
1996	1.66
1997	1.61
1998	1.48
1999	1.47
2000	1.6
2001	1.41
2002	1.37
2003	1.27
2004	1.26
2005	1.26
2006	1.28
2007	1.29
2008	1.28
2009	1.257
2010	1.261
2011	1.267
2012	1.275

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 {{country-specific information|information type = fertility|country = Singapore}}
+==Data sources==
+[[Human Fertility Database]] data is not available for Singapore. We therefore rely on the United Nations data as compiled by Gapminder.
+==Qualitative history of fertility-relevant events and trends==
+===Key events===
+The event history here is based on the discussion of Singapore in Jonathan Last's book ''What to Expect When No One's Expecting''.
+{| class="sortable" border="1"
+! Year !! Event !! Postulated effects seen in fertility statistics
+|-
+| 1966 || The government of Singapore established a "Family Planning and Population Board" which used a combination of persuasive and coercive tactics. The government launched a propaganda campaign with emphasis on the importance of the [[two-child ideal]]. ||
+|-
+| 1983 || The government switched to a pro-natalist policy, providing tax breaks to highly educated women who had three or more children, while giving cash incentives to women with low levels of education who refrained from having more than two children. ||
+|-
+| 1986 || The government initiated a "New Population Policy" encouraging ''everybody'' to have more children. The "Two is Enough" messages were replaced by messages of the "Have Three or More Children If You Can" form. ||
+|-
+| 2000 || The government announced "Baby Bonus" programs as well as "Child Development Accounts" that provided government-matched long-term savings for kids. ||
+|}
 ==Data on period fertility==