新加坡社会与家庭发展部（MSF）：2024年新加坡家庭趋势报告（英文版）（38页）.pdf

1、 FAMILY TRENDS REPORT JULY 2024 Family Trends Report 2024 1 Ministry of Social and Family Development,Republic of Singapore Reproductions of extracts for this publication are allowed,together with the acknowledgement of Ministry of Social and Family Development,for non-commercial use.Strategy and Wo

2、mens Development Division Ministry of Social and Family Development 512 Thomson Road MSF Building,#09-00 Singapore 298136 msf_swdmsf.gov.sg Family Trends Report 2024 2 A.CONTENTS A.CONTENTS.2 B.INTRODUCTION.4 C.MARRIAGE AND FAMILY FORMATION.5 C1.MARRIAGES.5 Slightly fewer marriages in 2023.5 driven

3、by fewer civil marriages of males 25 34 and females 20 29.6 and fewer Muslim marriages of those aged 20 29.7 About 1 in 4 citizen marriages were with a Non-Resident(NR).8 Median age at first marriage rose.11 Decrease in proportion of ever-married residents aged 25 49.12 C2.BIRTHS.13 Total Fertility

4、Rate reached a historic low in 2023.13 Median age of first-time fathers and mothers continue to trend upward.14 Having two children remains most common for ever-married resident females.15 C3.GOVERNMENT PAID LEAVE SCHEME AND FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS(FWAs).16 More fathers taking up Government-Paid

5、Paternity Leave.16 and employees more likely to have access to FWAs.17 D.EARLY CHILDHOOD.18 D1.ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY PRESCHOOLS.18 Full-day infant care places increased nearly threefold over ten years,while median fees and out-of-pocket expenses declined.18 Similarly,full-day childcare pl

6、aces more than doubled,with similar decreases in median fees and out-of-pocket expenses.20 Increase in Cohort Enrolment Rates.22 D2.YOUNG CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS.23 Increase in number of referrals for early intervention.24 resulting in more children served in Early Intervention(EI)programm