In conclusion, we found out that people don't want to have children due to the high cost of living, having enough children and working after their children have grown up. We also learned that the government gives baby bonuses, child care rebates and six month maternity leave for working mothers.
This project help us to learn more about the low birthrate in Singapore and what caused it. We had a fun time creating the survey questions and the survey scripts which helped solve most of our problems such as forgetting what questions to ask. Most of the people we interviewed were quite easy going, giving us their precious time and answering our questions. Here are the reflections of our group.
Brendan
I interviewed a total of 5 people, I contributed the survey questions and the survey papers. For the blog, I wrote down the methodology and results. I enjoyed the project because it was fun interacting with people, asking them different questions and getting many interesting answers. It was kinda ironic, I thought this would be boring and tough to do but It turned out better than I expected. It was a very fun experience and I hope we could do something similar again.
Rifqi
I interviewed a total of 3 people, my contributions adding all the answers together on the blog. At first,i thought that this project was going to be boring,but in the end,it was actually fun and interesting.
Sakti
I interviewed 1 person, my contributions are writing down the answer when they are asking the questions. I was really into how we were interviewing people and getting answers from them. It was really exciting and a very unforgettable experience.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Results & Analysis
Out of the 9 people we had interviewed, 6 were married and 3 were single with 2 intending to get married and have children in the future while 1 of them has no intention of getting married and having children.
Out of the 6 that were married, 5 of them have children and one of them didn't have children. The one that didn't have children wanted to have children as he wants to continue his family name. The other 5 said they wanted children because life would be boring, one said she love to take of people and babies, another said that her children can accompany her when she grows old and the last person said her children can serve the country as army soldiers when they grow up. Out of the 5 that have children, none wanted to have more children due to many reasons such as already having enough children, there is high cost of living and some still wanted to work even if their children had already grown up.
Out of the 3 that were single, 2 wanted to get married and have children because they want someone or somebody to accompany them when they are bored and solve their problems, if they have any. The last person that was single said that he didn't want to get married and have children because being a parent is a tough job and he is always busy with work.
Many think that the reasons why Singaporeans do not want to have children is because many people have to work and have no time to take care of children, some think that it is because it is very difficult to take care of children while one has pointed out that it may be due to financial or money problems.
Out of the 9 people that were interviewed, 2 said that it would be all right for Singapore if it has a low birthrate as the government has imported a lot of foreign students/workers to Singapore to work and study here. The other 7 said it would be bad for Singapore as the Singapore population will decrease and the government will have a problem as there will not be many teenagers/young adults and there will be increase in the elderly as years go by. One has given the thought that Singapore would later face a bad economy.
When asked the question "What do you think the government will do to encourage Singaporeans to have children?", Almost all of them said that the government would give out money such as baby bonus who are willing to give birth. Some included that the government would give out child care rebate and six month maternity leave for those working mothers.
Out of the 3 that were single, 2 wanted to get married and have children because they want someone or somebody to accompany them when they are bored and solve their problems, if they have any. The last person that was single said that he didn't want to get married and have children because being a parent is a tough job and he is always busy with work.
Many think that the reasons why Singaporeans do not want to have children is because many people have to work and have no time to take care of children, some think that it is because it is very difficult to take care of children while one has pointed out that it may be due to financial or money problems.
Out of the 9 people that were interviewed, 2 said that it would be all right for Singapore if it has a low birthrate as the government has imported a lot of foreign students/workers to Singapore to work and study here. The other 7 said it would be bad for Singapore as the Singapore population will decrease and the government will have a problem as there will not be many teenagers/young adults and there will be increase in the elderly as years go by. One has given the thought that Singapore would later face a bad economy.
When asked the question "What do you think the government will do to encourage Singaporeans to have children?", Almost all of them said that the government would give out money such as baby bonus who are willing to give birth. Some included that the government would give out child care rebate and six month maternity leave for those working mothers.
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Methodology
We had interviewed a total of 9 people around the Serangoon Nex area, their ages were from low 20s to the high 40s about why Singapore has a low birthrate.
We are going to ask them the following questions:
1.Are you married or single?
3.Why do you want to have children?
4.How many children do you plan to have?/What is stopping you from having more than 1 or more children?
5.What do you think are the reasons why Singaporeans do not want to have children?
6.What do you think will happen if Singapore continue to have a low birth rate?
7.What do you think the government will do to encourage Singaporeans to have more children?
We are going to ask them the following questions:
1.Are you married or single?
- Married
3.Why do you want to have children?
4.How many children do you plan to have?/What is stopping you from having more than 1 or more children?
5.What do you think are the reasons why Singaporeans do not want to have children?
6.What do you think will happen if Singapore continue to have a low birth rate?
7.What do you think the government will do to encourage Singaporeans to have more children?
- Single
2.Are you planning to get married and have children in the future?
3.Why do you not want to have children or get married?
4.What do you think are the reasons why Singaporeans do not want to have children?
5.What do you think will happen if Singapore continue to have a low birth rate?
6.What do you think the government will do to encourage Singaporeans to have more children?
6.What do you think the government will do to encourage Singaporeans to have more children?
Introduction
Hello, we are Brendan, Rifqi, Sakti from Peicai Secondary School. We are on a geography project to find out why Singapore has a low birthrate. We have gone to Nex in Serangoon to interview 9 people on why Singapore has a low birthrate.
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