How does gender equality affect reproductive decision-making amongst married Singaporeans?

In recent talks (2011) to the Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Singapore cited gender-equality as a key factor in contributing towards socio-economic growth. However, gender equality is not held across all social institutions especially in the realm of the workplace and at h...

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Main Author: Chia, Stephanie Shu Ying.
Other Authors: Zhou Wubiao
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Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-517182019-12-10T13:03:26Z How does gender equality affect reproductive decision-making amongst married Singaporeans? Chia, Stephanie Shu Ying. Zhou Wubiao School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social and public welfare In recent talks (2011) to the Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Singapore cited gender-equality as a key factor in contributing towards socio-economic growth. However, gender equality is not held across all social institutions especially in the realm of the workplace and at home. Social policies as well do not seem to address this issue.In order to maintain and continue the current drive of the economy, the Singapore government has been trying to maintain its labour workforce size as current fertility rates are at an all time low even amongst developed countries in the US and Western Europe. However, despite the generous investments of subsidies and policies encouraging production via co-payments, fertility rates still remain at an all time low.This paper sets out to explore if the inconsistency in gender equality affects reproductive decision making negatively, thus contributing to the declining fertility rates despite governments’ efforts to address this issue via their policies. Bachelor of Arts 2013-04-09T03:30:23Z 2013-04-09T03:30:23Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51718 en Nanyang Technological University 32 p. application/pdf
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Chia, Stephanie Shu Ying.
How does gender equality affect reproductive decision-making amongst married Singaporeans?
description In recent talks (2011) to the Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Singapore cited gender-equality as a key factor in contributing towards socio-economic growth. However, gender equality is not held across all social institutions especially in the realm of the workplace and at home. Social policies as well do not seem to address this issue.In order to maintain and continue the current drive of the economy, the Singapore government has been trying to maintain its labour workforce size as current fertility rates are at an all time low even amongst developed countries in the US and Western Europe. However, despite the generous investments of subsidies and policies encouraging production via co-payments, fertility rates still remain at an all time low.This paper sets out to explore if the inconsistency in gender equality affects reproductive decision making negatively, thus contributing to the declining fertility rates despite governments’ efforts to address this issue via their policies.
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title How does gender equality affect reproductive decision-making amongst married Singaporeans?
title_short How does gender equality affect reproductive decision-making amongst married Singaporeans?
title_full How does gender equality affect reproductive decision-making amongst married Singaporeans?
title_fullStr How does gender equality affect reproductive decision-making amongst married Singaporeans?
title_full_unstemmed How does gender equality affect reproductive decision-making amongst married Singaporeans?
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