Singapore’s fertility problem is often framed as a question of costs, time and support.
Housing prices, childcare availability and parental leave all matter. But they do not fully explain why many couples, including those who are financially stable, delay having children or stop at one.
Vincent Chua is associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the National University of Singapore.
Tan Poh Lin is senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, National University of Singapore.