Interview With Married Female

Interview with Ms/Miss/Mdm/Mrs,

1) Are you married?

ANS: Yes, Age of 32. No, Age of 31

2) How many child/children do you have?

ANS: None - One child

3) Do you still want to have more than one child?

ANS: Yes, I want 2-3 children. Because, it is a joy to have and she enjoy motherhood.

4) What will make you not to have more than 2-3 children?

ANS: 1) Because at the time, the age will be old. After age of 32 and above, it is dangerous to have children; it is expensive to bring up children – School Fees, Baby needs. Now, the amount of money to bring a child is around $800 - $1000++ (Child Care).

2) Flat is too small – 4 room flat.

5) Why do you think the government is so concern about low birth rate?

ANS: 1) Not enough of people in Singapore; lacking of people; Singaporean.

2)Not enough people to defenses the country. The challenge is too little young people but too many old people thus; it is a kind of burden.

3) Because a tiny nation like us, everything is very important to us, and especially the human resource is not enough, thus the government is very concern about low birth rate.

6) What do you think the government can do to encourage people to give birth to more children?

ANS: People not marrying. Because, houses are too expensive. Government should encourage people to marry at a younger age. By cutting down the price of private estate. For people who are career minded, they should have a life balance like part time flexibility. In the public like office job, they can also have a more flexible time.

They can also give more intentive, in terms of money, ,more childcare centres so that education is more affordable.

7) In Australia, the government let the mother to do part time jobs. They also even let both parents have maternity leave for 18 months. If Singapore have this system, do you think is a better idea for the parents?

ANS: They should give both the parents 6months each to take care of their child/children. Because, Singapore give both parents very little maternity leave.

Race: Chinese

Education Level: UNIVERSITY DEGREE