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Thailand urged to provide incentives for women to produce 'qualitative' children
BANGKOK, July 11 (TNA) -- As Thailand is facing sharp declines in birth and death rates, an academic population expert advised on Sunday, World Population Day, that the government should lay out measures to encourage people to produce 'qualitative rather than quantitative children'.
Prof Pramote Prasartful of Mahidol University said the birth rate in Thailand is falling as women prefer to marry later while the country's death rate is also declining, thanks to advanced medical technology.
According to latest statistics on population in Thailand conducted by the university, the country now has 63.6 million people of which 13.2 million are under age 15, some 42.9 million are in the working sector aged between 15-59 and the rest are above age 60.
Prof Pramote suggested that the decline in birth rate in Thailand is also seen throughout the world and that is why some foreign governments have come up with incentives to their citizens so that they would produce more children.
These benefits include tax exemptions, housing and one-month maternity leave to care for their children after giving birth, he said.
The Thai government should lay out measures which would focus on women producing qualitative children rather than quantitative, he said.
The measures should start right from the beginning when the mother-to-be starts having a pregnancy, Prof Pramote said. (MCOT online news)
Prof Pramote Prasartful of Mahidol University said the birth rate in Thailand is falling as women prefer to marry later while the country's death rate is also declining, thanks to advanced medical technology.
According to latest statistics on population in Thailand conducted by the university, the country now has 63.6 million people of which 13.2 million are under age 15, some 42.9 million are in the working sector aged between 15-59 and the rest are above age 60.
Prof Pramote suggested that the decline in birth rate in Thailand is also seen throughout the world and that is why some foreign governments have come up with incentives to their citizens so that they would produce more children.
These benefits include tax exemptions, housing and one-month maternity leave to care for their children after giving birth, he said.
The Thai government should lay out measures which would focus on women producing qualitative children rather than quantitative, he said.
The measures should start right from the beginning when the mother-to-be starts having a pregnancy, Prof Pramote said. (MCOT online news)
