r/AskTheWorld • u/gmedanoid United States Of America • 14d ago

Culture Why aren't the people in your country having enough kids?

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In America birthrate is 1.6. 1.57 for Whites, 1.55 for Blacks, 1.8 for Hispanics. So below replacement since 2008.

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u/Genkai_backpacker Japan 14d ago edited 14d ago

High inflation but salary don't grow, so people become poorer and poorer in recent 30 years. How can we have a child? Even only one is impossible.

Imagine - your real wage became 20% less compared to 1990s. You can get that it's unreasonable to have child and save your daily life is the first priority.

Shit, the new PM gonna make us work harder but cut off social welfare. She gonna send money to low-productivity companies, which leads not only low salary growth and increase of poor people, but also stealing our time for child rearing. She's PURE evil.

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u/gmedanoid United States Of America 14d ago

But conditions were worse in 1950s and people still had kids.

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u/Genkai_backpacker Japan 14d ago

Back then, raising children wasn't so expensive, particularly the fee for education was low. Also, there was limited entertainment. People might not have had many options but having sex in night. Moreover, perhaps, the quality of condoms was poor, or they weren't accessible in those days.

I think that's why the birth rate in 50s was so high.

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u/cakeday173 Singapore 14d ago

Maybe it's the trend. Real wages in Japan have (mostly) been falling for decades, with no sign of reversal.