Two out of five people cite economic burden and income polarization as causes of declining birthrate in South Korea

Two out of five South Koreans cited economic burden as the cause of the declining birthrate. On the 27th, the Committee on the Declining Birthrate and Aging Society, along with the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, conducted a survey targeting 1,200 South Korean citizens aged 19 to 79 last month.
The results of the ``Survey on Awareness of Declining Birthrate'' were announced. As a result of the survey, 40.0% of respondents cited ``economic burden and income polarization'' as the cause of the declining birthrate problem. Then 'childcare and education'
Many respondents chose 'feeling of burden' (26.9%). Regarding ``whether or not various types of marriage systems should be recognized,'' 34.2% said ``strongly agree'' and 46.8% said ``generally agree.''
%, 81.0% of respondents gave a positive answer. 49.0% of respondents under the age of 50 answered that they had no plans to have more children in the future, and the reason for this was ``child rearing and education.''
'Burden' was the highest at 24.4%, followed by 'financial instability' at 22.3%, and 'past childbearing age' at 18.4%.
76.5% of respondents said that the low-fertility budget should be expanded, and the top funding option was 'expansion of national fiscal spending' (30%).
.1%). The entity that should play the most important role was the ``central government'' (64.9%). Times when you think that media, such as broadcasting and SNS, influence marriage and childbirth.
80.9% of respondents answered, 77.1% said, ``We need a campaign to improve marriage and childbirth through the media.'' Regarding the theme, 41.1% of respondents cited 'expansion of happiness together with children'.
was the most common.