Change of south Korea’s birth control policy compared to other countries

Change of south Korea’s birth control policy compared to other countries Understand Korea / Trivial life :) 2015/03/18 20:53 수정 삭제 http://blog.naver.com/spyere/220304123484 전용뷰어 보기 I prepare blog posting with Bong-ho Yoon who is our classmate. We want to introduce the history of Birth encourage policy of Korea and problem of present birth rate. And we also compare with the other countries whose birth encourage policies are now in successfully process. Bong-ho Yoon will cover the history of Birth encourage policy of Korea with many interesting poster and he also cover the problem of current policy. And then I will show examples of other countries. Before you enjoy my blog posting, we can visit the Bong-ho's blog. https://understandkorea.wordpress.com understandkorea understandkorea.wordpress.com 본문으로 이동 you just simply click!  순위 국가 2000년 2010년 2011년 2012년 1  Niger 7.16 7.68 2  Uganda 6.96 6.73 3  the Republic of Mali 6.89 6.54 82  India 3.11 2.68 85 세계 평균 2.80 2.56 116  Brazil 2.13 2.19 126  New Zealand 1.80 2.09 129  United State 2.06 2.06 135  France - 1.97 141  North Korea 2.30 1.94 188  China 1.33 1.54  Europe - 1.50 (2009) 203  Germany 1.38 1.42 220  Japan 1.41 1.27 226  South Korea 1.47 1.22 1.24 1.30[7] 227  Taiwan 1.76 1.21 228  Singapole 1.16 1.10 229  Hong Kong 1.27 1.04 230  Macao 1.30 0.91 This is the comparison table of the birth rate.  High ranking countries usually undeveloped countries. South Korea record 226th. Korean have average 1.3 babies per one couple. And we have to focus on some developed countries who are keeping the high birth rate. These high ranking countries also had experienced some problems of low birth rate. However they did their best to promote a child birth.  These days, Korea has tried to give various merits to the multichild family. And it varies in different localities. So I will focus on Ulsan-si Ulju-gun's policy There are a lot of policies for mom and child.      And especially, government strongly support multichild family who has more than 3 children. Most of you know that Samdongyi, triplets of korean talents. And they receive many people's love. So many people think that they want to have sweet twins or triplets like Samdongyi.   Let's see the policy for triplets. - Special housing supply with two or more family - Long-term loans, home buying a house with two or more support - Birth state pension credit - Child tax credit   Like this, there are many kinds of policy for family. However, in order to get the merits, there are red-tape formalities. And most families claim that it is not enough compared to the expenses of infant care.  So some experts evaluate the birth encourage policy of Korea has a long way to go.  Therefore, we have to consider to follow the successful examples of other countries.  Let's see Sweden's case. after 1960s, the birth rate was dramatically decreased. so the government of Sweden have tried to encourage to have babies by give various merits.  child allowance No matter how much the parents earn, they can get the money for their child, about $150. if the number of children is high, they can be subsidized much money.  Child care leave and benefits If their children have health problems, they can get 60-days paid vacations.  maternity leave  Parents can get 480-days maternity leave. Surprisingly, more than 60-days maternity leave is necessary to father.  Sweden thinks that both parents have to take care of their child. Actually, in Korea, father's maternity leave is unusual thing. so my brother-in-law moved to European company in order to get maternity leave. Because, in Korea, European company provide paid- maternity leave for father.  child-care leave paid-all day leave : 12 months / unpaid-all day leave : 30 months unpaid-half day leave : 8 years It is surprising thing to me. I can't imagine that I can leave 30 months' all day leave and 8 years' half day leave!  Most korean have trouble to assert their right to get child-care leave because of not upsetting their boss. It is so amazing policies. Germany has also rising birth rate. Germany especially focus on the education support    And France has high birth rate. Someday, maybe within 10 years, I will marry with someone and have a baby. At that time, I expect to improve a lot of helpful policy for me. I hope Korean government try their best to enhance the birth encouraging policy. So, this is the end of my posting. Is it enough to understand the birth encouraging policy of Korea and other countries? If you have any questions, please don't mind to ask me! Thank you