Households smaller but more affluent
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Feb 16, 2011 - Straits Times
by Andrea Ong
HOUSEHOLDS here have grown smaller over the last decade, while the proportion of families and individuals who now live in condominiums and private flats has nearly doubled in the same period.
These trends were revealed in the latest Census 2010 data on households and housing released on Tuesday.
And the picture it presented showed that the family unit here has shrunk and grown older - but is generally more affluent compared to 11 years ago.
According to the Census, there were 1.15 million resident households - Singaporeans and permanent residents - last year, a 25 per cent increase from 2000.
The average household size last year was 3.5 people, a drop from 3.7 in 2000.
Data showed that households comprising three or fewer family members made up more than half the total resident households here last year - an increase from 44.5 per cent in 2000.
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Nowadays change liao...
Becomes
The more you have
The more you get
Two is not enough. -
The more the household income, the lesser children sg will have.
It's all proportional. Gone are the days where the wife stays home and shake legs.