Miguel Afonso Caetano on Nostr: It's rather quite simple to explain: Less and worse public services (schools, ...
It's rather quite simple to explain: Less and worse public services (schools, healthcare, etc.), less disposable income, more expensive housing, more things to spend time alone after work, more demanding jobs...
"[T]he rise of singledom and relationship dissolution is a less rosy story, especially considering the drop in relationship formation is steepest among the poorest. Of course, many people are happily single. The freedom to choose how to spend one’s life and who with (or without) is to be celebrated. But the wider data on loneliness and dating frustrations suggests not all is well.
The trend is global. From the US, Finland and South Korea to Turkey, Tunisia and Thailand, falling birth rates are increasingly downstream of a relationship recession among young adults.
Baby bonuses put the cart before the horse when a growing share of people are without a partner.
Even in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, similar trends may be under way.
Why an almost worldwide decline, and why now? The fact that this is happening almost everywhere all at once points more to broad changes acting across borders than country-specific factors."
https://www.ft.com/content/43e2b4f6-5ab7-4c47-b9fd-d611c36dad74
"[T]he rise of singledom and relationship dissolution is a less rosy story, especially considering the drop in relationship formation is steepest among the poorest. Of course, many people are happily single. The freedom to choose how to spend one’s life and who with (or without) is to be celebrated. But the wider data on loneliness and dating frustrations suggests not all is well.
The trend is global. From the US, Finland and South Korea to Turkey, Tunisia and Thailand, falling birth rates are increasingly downstream of a relationship recession among young adults.
Baby bonuses put the cart before the horse when a growing share of people are without a partner.
Even in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, similar trends may be under way.
Why an almost worldwide decline, and why now? The fact that this is happening almost everywhere all at once points more to broad changes acting across borders than country-specific factors."
https://www.ft.com/content/43e2b4f6-5ab7-4c47-b9fd-d611c36dad74