As cost-of-living bites, Australian sare delaying having children or reconsidering the traditional family unit altogether. - نتایج یک نظرسنجی تازه از سوی یک شرکت خدمات مالی (AMP) نشان میدهد که افزایش مخارج زندگی بر تصمیم بسیاری از جوانان آسترالیایی برای فرزندآوری تأثیر گذاشته است. این تحقیق که بالای دو هزار آسترالیایی انجام شده، نشان میدهد بیش از نیمی از پاسخ دهندگان در دهه بیست زندگی شان قصد دارند به دلیل فشارهای مالی، فرزندان کمتری داشته باشند. برخی نیز فرزندآوری را به تأخیر انداختهاند یا در مورد تشکیل خانواده به شیوه سنتی تجدید نظر میکنند؛ روندی که میتواند پیامدهای مهمی برای آینده آسترالیا داشته باشد.
A new survey of two thousand Australians by AMP has found more than half of respondents in their 20s intend to have fewer children because of cost-of-living pressures. So as many reconsider parenthood, experts say it will have implications for the nation's future.
In this episode:
AMP survey shows two-thirds of Australians in their 20s want a home before children
Housing, inflation driving delay in procreation and half of survey respondents considering no children due to costs
ABS: fertility hit low of 1.5 babies/ woman in 2024
Economists warn over declining fertility rate and broader socioeconomic impacts
Advocates call for reforms to policy to make family life easier while maintaining careers
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