Recent shutdown of obstetrics units not officially linked with falling birth rate – but online commentators speculate
Last modified on Thu 5 Oct 2023 14.04 CESTSeveral hospitals in Zhejiang province have reportedly closed or downsized their obstetrics units, along with hospitals in Jiangsu and Guangdong.
These policies have had little impact on the birthrate, which is in stubborn decline. The number of new births a year has nearly halved since 2016. Young women in particular often feel that the costs of raising a child are too high and that their own economic prospects are gloomy, not to mention that of the next generation. Urban, educated women are also increasingly resistant to accept the patriarchal family norms that come with having a child.
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