In Japan, a third of today's 18-year-olds may not have children

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In Japan, a third of today's 18-year-olds may not have children
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About a third of 18-year-old women in Japan may never have children, a government institute said on Wednesday, in the latest data spelling an uphill battle to reverse a dwindling population in the world's third-largest economy.

The National Institute of Population and Social Security Research estimated in a report that 33.4% of women born in 2005 would be childless. The most optimistic scenario had that number at 24.6% and the worst at 42%.to tackle the population crisis with "unprecedented" measures including bigger payouts for families with three or more children.

"With the rising cost of living, I don't think people feel they can afford to or comfortably say they want to have children," 23-year-old Anna Tanaka told Reuters. The IPSS determines the expected percentage of childless women by taking into account factors such as age of marriage in estimating the fertility rate.

In 2020, women got married for the first time at an average age of 29.4, or 3.9 years later than in 1985, government data shows. Marrying in one's late-30s often results in just one child, if any, Iwasawa said.

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