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Decades of a one-child policy led to a 4-2-1 problem, in which a sole young adult must become the breadwinner for not only his two parents but also his four grandparents. [Chad de Guzman – [...]

While we should enact affordable child care and parental-leave policies because they’re good for society, we should be under no illusions that they will change that trajectory — we will need [...]

Housing has become unaffordable for most young people in large cities amid the sluggish economic recovery, with 11.58 million college graduates set to enter China’s workforce this year. [Meredith [...]

Japan lost 800,000 people last year, with deaths outpacing births at a record rate. The government has plans to reverse this trend but many fear its efforts will fail. [Julian Ryall – DW, 3 [...]

Life is never in “balance.” Sometimes work needs to take top priority, sometimes family does, and sometimes we need to take the top spot for ourselves on the importance list. [James M. Kerr [...]

The increase in the population growth rate is due to the higher number of non-citizens which is likely to increase from 2.5 million in 2022 to 3 million in 2023. [New Straits Times, 31 July [...]

The chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography stressed the need for the government to fulfill its commitments and responsibilities, regardless of the lifting of the state of [...]

They stated that parents must first be intentional about protecting their own well-being, steering the ship of their life, dealing with challenges positively and finding help from professionals, [...]

Maturing populations threaten to undermine economic growth, public finances and financial markets. [Taylor Pearce – OMFIF, 19 July 2023.] READ MORE

Nigeria is expected to nearly double its population in the next 27 years and this rise is in contrast to a growing number of countries that will experience population declines. [Brandon Russell [...]