Philippines Successfully Lowers Birth Rate: Will It Stay Or Rebound? | Insight | Full Episode
More than half of the world’s population growth by 2050 will be from 8 countries. The Philippines is the only Southeast Asian country on the list.
With the establishment of the Commission on Population 1969, the Philippines have a decades-long history of population planning. But this has proved challenging in a conservative, Catholic-majority country. A Reproductive Health Law languished for over a decade before being passed. As a result, until recently, the Philippines had one of the highest birth rates in Southeast Asia. In the meantime, cities were overcrowded, and infrastructure was stretched. Overpopulation was seen as an obstacle to socio-economic development.
However, in 2022 something surprising happened. Births per woman tumbled to 1.9, a 70-year low and a decline that exceeded expectations. Have population growth targets been achieved, and what will this mean for the Philippines?
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The cruelest thing you can do is bring a child into poverty
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If the parents are also in poverty that is their fault too.
@@EckRD Well, life must go on.
Great quote
truth. only sociopaths would do
To those saying choosing to be child-free is selfish, this proves that not opting to add another child to an already overpopulated country is a very considerate thing to do.
The country is not OVERPOPULATION.... IT'S CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT.
then great for you, but never vote to have higher pensions when you get older, just don't, no higher health care or any socialist crap, these not yet people, are the ones to give you that with their tax, sure end it all, but most likely we will have a collapsed society and i really think that is what you want
I agree with your statement.
In trying not to be small-minded, I try and think of our WHOLE home, which would be the planet. And the planet is greatly overpopulated. We DONT NEED or even WANT 8 Billion people. Our population was fine 50-100 years ago, we had plenty of production power IF WE WOULD JUST DO THE WORK TO MAKE OUR LABOR MORE EFFICIENT!! We could easily produce more than we need. Now it's becoming dangerous not just for humans but for every life on earth.
All we can do at this point is start an industry to slaughter, process, and EAT THE RICH
The biggest mistake of the Filipino government was to let the church have a voice in politics😖😖😖
Humayo daw at magpakarami
@@markjamesbaliza-op4dmeasy for them to say. kasi di sila magaalaga at magsusustento😂
Di naman sila nagbabayad ng tax
hindi mo naman kailangan pakinggan.
@@esense9602yeah but they have a party list 🤦♀️
*I'm happy that we are going to the right path. Filipinos are complaining about poverty but never realize that we are over populated to the point where it is the main reason of our high unemployment rate, it's not because there are few jobs but there are just too many people that leads the employers to make there standards so high because they know that a lot of people will apply no matter what.*
NOPE that’s NOT the problem. The presence of males are ALWAYs the problem. It’s why 1. Population skyrockets, bc they ein stop fking, ZERO control 2. They are the ones who are making job requirements high, 3. They are the ones in the government who don’t know to copy the American economy.
no if we have below 2.1 fertility rate, our economy will collapse after atleast 2 generations. same as japan and other wester countries. We should have replacements.
Japan has a higher population and far better living standards, it’s simply that our population grew too fast and our economy which through socioeconomics, the period in which it should have grown the fastest and was growing the fastest was slashed because of the martial law and dictatorship.
As one of the millennials, let me tell you why. We are a group of 10 friends, already in our 30s and only 2 got married with kids. It's not that we don't want to get married and have kids but life is hard enough, we're barely meeting ends meet. Almost 50% of my income goes to mortgage and the rest goes to other bills. We can't afford to have an additional mouth to feed if we ourselves are barely living.
Smart guy I notice that many younger Filipinos have no kids and I’m a kano. I guess the younger gen knows better and are more wise
@@jollibeescraps7777 yes definetly me an a college students we talk about some topic such as this in this friend group we are 12 but only 1 or 2 want to have kids
@@jollibeescraps7777 the wisdom of the world is foolishness in the eyes of God.
this alone is a change of mindset. before, it doesn't matter if you don't have money, the more children you have, the more perceived blessings from above.
@@jakosalem When reality sets in, changes need to be made.
I'm Flipino(not married) and my sister (a teacher) has 1 kid with her military husband. I think more Filipinos are now aware of quality over quantity.
... u married ur sister....???🤣😂🤣🤣
@@kaikalls5058gosh comprehension.
@@kaikalls5058 just edited for you since youre so slow
@@exposed231 thank you for edit .. I know English is ur second language... but still when you write try to articulate or proof read it before posting... so that you will know where you are making error. Just because it is a social media does not mean that u can stop thinking.....
@@kaikalls5058 lol understanding
Married and child free millenial here. When I was younger I wanted kids but right now I am half hearted to a point of not wanting kids anymore. I realized how big of a responsilibity it is, how costly it will be, lots of sacrifices to be made.
a millennial allergic to sacrifice and responsibility, imagine that
@@grill6411 Id rather be "allergic" than be in it half hearted. I dont want to end up resenting my life with kids cause that will affect them surely.
@@grill6411 low IQ pinoy
We are not allergic. We think, we are responsible we just don’t pop out babies and can’t even provide for them. It’s better to live a good life and explore than just having babies and stuck with it.
@@anluonline8555 better to live a life dedicated to your selfish desires and "explore" than to be "stuck" with the responsibility of children, lol thanks for proving my point about selfish middle class millennials
I learned from my cousin was offered vasectomy after his third child for free. It is good to hear that we are finally addressing the high population growth. This means that if we can continue with this trend, we can finally aleviate poverty and focus more on improving the lives of Filipinos.
Free? Here in india ppl get money for vasectomy and tubectomy and still they r reluctant to do it, well atleast the tfr decreased somehow 😮💨
The younger generation are learning fast that they can’t have the life that they want if they have babies early or have more children than what they can afford. Social media, exposure to western cultures and Filipinos working abroad contribute greatly to the changing mindset of the younger generation. Metro Manila’s problem is the concentration of business and job opportunities in greater metro Manila and not dispersed throughout the country. Poverty in the Philippines is still too high. When foreigners come to the Philippines, that’s the thing they see and comment on.
yes, I do believe poverty is still high and the concentration of jobs, businesses, and opportunities are easier to do here in Metro Manila. Also, receiving the bare minimum of wages and the scarcity of jobs in the Philippines, Filipinos tend to look elsewhere, more precisely other developed countries. I do believe that western cultures is a part of the factors of the younger generation of hesitancy to build a family or less to have children, but, it might be the the cost of living in the Philippines is quite high and expensive--- also the generational trauma of having a big family, is costly and needs more time, attention, and resources in taking care a big family.
The visayan region sold their land to former corazon Aquino CLANDESTINES w/sugar plantation .. then yey stayed IN PORT OF MANILA then MULTIPLY AND SQUATTERS illegally .. THE VISAYAN ARE BREEDERS .. THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THE PORT AREA AND MOVE BACK TO VISAYAN REGION BUT SURELY AQUINO GREEDY YELLOW 🟡 OPPOSITES OF MARCOS WILL REPEAL THAT IDEA FOR THEY ALREADY BOUGHT THE FARMLAND OF FARMERS.. LATER PUSHED THEIR SHOWBIZ MEDIA CAREERS OWNED BY AQUINO CLANDESTINES THE CHANNEL 2 NEWS MEDIA RUN BY CORPORATE CHINESE .. BESIDES THE AYALA ALABANG MAKATI.... AMD THE VISAYAN ILLEGAL SQUATTER KEEP ON SELLING LAND EVEN IF THE GOVERNMENT Give THEM A DECENT HOUSING TO SETTLE WITH LAND. THEY WILL ONLY SELL IT THEN GO BACK TO PORT OF MANILA .. BREED AND DESTROY RUINED THE CITY OF MANILA AND IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IS THE NARRATIVE PROPAGANDA OF 2 CLASHING CORRUPT TRIBAL CLANDESTINES IN PHILIPPINES SUCH AS ILOCANO VISAYAN CEBUANO..... CABAL FAKE ELITES........ YEY WILL
All the old lies about population control and the exhibits of masses of people in big cities during rush hours and perhaps a procession of the Black Nazarene statue are being used to perpetuate their lies. Just look at the Western and East Asian countries losing their population, unable to maintain their economy due to lack of workers. These evil liars simply want the Philippines to have the same fate as those countries. These so-called commentators are just trolls working for these NGOs who promote abortion and birth control whose pills are abortifacient as well. Moreover, there are plenty of room in the provinces both in the populated areas and undeveloped areas. A country who maintains their natural birth propagation as of yesteryears will be the economic power of tomorrow. It’s as simple as that.
Poverty is only 16-18% in the Philippines. While in South Africa 55% and Colombia 40%
When I was in highschool in the 90s Filipinos only went abroad to have their houses fixed and send their kids to school. Now they go abroad because they want the latest iPhone, cars, Nike shoes, flat screen TVs, etc.,
9:40 "Let us be true representatives of our people; not centurions of an established religion. Let us have children by choice; not by chance." Such powerful words, Sir Edcel! More power to you always!
And depopulate us more no replacement.
The law was passed but was TROd which was lifted by the former president. Credits to him as well.
All the old lies about population control and the exhibits of masses of people in big cities during rush hours and perhaps a procession of the Black Nazarene statue are being used to perpetuate their lies. Just look at the Western and East Asian countries losing their population, unable to maintain their economy due to lack of workers. These evil liars simply want the Philippines to have the same fate as those countries. These so-called commentators are just trolls working for these NGOs who promote abortion and birth control whose pills are abortifacient as well. Moreover, there are plenty of room in the provinces both in the populated areas and undeveloped areas. A country who maintains their natural birth propagation as of yesteryears will be the economic power of tomorrow. It’s as simple as that.
kinda funny the clips show mostly women opposed to RH
Good on!
Both of my parents came from a big family. They had 4 kids. Big thanks to my mama who constantly reminded us that having kids is a huge responsibility.
Desirable number of children is 1 or 2
@@valarmorghulis8139Having one or two children would mean an average of less than the desirable national fertility rate. Educate yourself.
@@valarmorghulis8139 as yes... the fertility rate that is dooming the Western world.
That mentality will kill the economy, who will contribute to the pension fund if we have more oldies than young ones? Each family should have at least two (2) kids to replace them or else the fund will be depleted or the remaining young population will be taxed a tantamount just to replenish the fund..
@@markm_kokostop spamming lmao
As a Filipino, we have this mindset that we need to get married and have kids so that they’ll ‘rescue’ the family from poverty or when we’re old, someone will take care of us. Well, it’s a ‘NO’ for me. And as a female who is on her early 30’s… I will not settle down or bring a child to this world until I know for sure to myself that I’m stable and have more than enough to provide everything that they need and wants , a better life, because it’s not their choice to be here in this world. I will not allow them to experience what I did. I hope that the younger generations will focus first on their learning , education, personal growth and goals.
Plus they don't think about the homeless filipinos who don't even have a proper home but with many children.
If only some pinoys think like you.
How insanely demonic , sums up this fallen world perfectly. Lord have mercy
@@zenabol7454 you really don't know what is life in the Philippines mate the catholic church is corrupt and a liberal party know the Philippines history properly even a stray dog or cat has more rights to life compared to a homeless person or child and a lot of homeless children here are forced to do child labour if the parents can't find work they even blame a the politician or government if they didn't receive any help or money.
@@zenabol7454how is it demonic?
I am a millennial. I grew up dirt poor but managed to finish school and be a professional. I have a long time partner and both of us don’t want to have kids due to the challenges of raising a child here. Growing up poor makes you realize how hard it is to raise a child and I dont want to have a child just to make him/her experience the same hardships I experienced growing up. In my high school class (2010) we are 35 in our section, only 5 of us have kids. In my college class(2015) we are 25, only 2 of us have kids. Many of our generation are experiencing economic challenges and most of us saw our parents sacrifices just to raise us. It is really economic factor.
You had 5 people with kids in high school????
how about the parents wanitn their children as cash cow when they get old? isnt that one factor that you do not want to pass down to your children
@@wadewander6077 he's obv talking about the present
@user-nv1gm2zj7y Just save your money, pay your SSS... support your extended family. Filipino families are still big, it's only this generation that are having less children
@@user-nv1gm2zj7y very true, the boomers are to blame for this mentality, though we do have millenials and other generations who have sadly inherited this concept. still.. more and more people are aware that this is a very irresponsible thing to do to your kids
This insight is accurate in the Philippines today. People are more cautious nowadays to have their own family. Some are considering not to have kids when they get married. Especially, the millenials and gen z who came from big families with middle or below income class. They saw or experienced first hand the struggles of having a big family. The cons outweighs the pros.
Contraception is the best method to avoid pregnancy, if u want to fulfill your desires.
And the worst is 18 years old have 3 kid's. Don't have any food to feed their's own mouth. The kid's are going be be starving.
Same here.
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@Lihamco 😂😂😂
Crazy how just one bill was able to make such a great impact but had so much push back I remember being required to go to a seminar in my catholic school talking about how bad the Reproductive health bill was, now I know that the ppl against it were too set in their religious views that they'd choose it over practicality
ang tanga nga. the abortion part of it napakaliit. but the biggest part of it is being responsible.
The Catholic Church is one of the evils of the Philippine society. Such backward bigoted celibates.
I understand what's the Church, why the disagree but raising a child in poverty is also a sin to the Lord.
Christianity is often misrepresented in their eyes. Their biases filter out the truth rather than observing the truth first hand. Instead of reading the Bible in its purity, they rely on gossip and hearsays. Nuns are voluntarily celibate and yet they disagree with the notion of being childfree. God is Dead, not literally but spiritually in a collective sense as they take it too seriously than seeing it as an allegory of life itself making it lose its hopeful magic that is available during ancient times.
your 'practicality' is not practical, think about this, That mentality will kill the economy, who will contribute to the pension fund if we have more oldies than young ones? Each family should have at least two (2) kids to replace them or else the fund will be depleted or the remaining young population will be taxed a tantamount just to replenish the fund..
We were kids once. We saw what our parents had to go thru. Not the lives we want to live.
precisely. I will not repeat my parents mistakes.
As what I've observed, Filipinos nowadays are very cautious when it comes to building and raising a family. Typical Filipino parents of todays generation would only want to have one or two children unlike before that the minimum is around 5 or 6 children.
@Hoggster Almost everything is being mechanized. An army of farmhands used to be employed to plant/harvest a hectare of rice paddy. Now, a single person can do that using tractors and whatnot. Drones are being used to apply pesticides/fertilizers unlike before. And with the advent of AI, that single person/per hectare may just be zero as even driverless vehicles are being developed. They say with AI, the world will not be needing architects, teachers, journalists, artists, construction workers, cooks, waiters, and even prostitutes, etc. The more the people, the worse the ecological impact. All that's left is 0.9 degrees C of temperature increase until climate change becomes irreversible. Imagine providing for each baby things like diapers, toys, clothes, healthcare, feeding bottles, and school supplies. And as they grow up, hobby supplies, housing, food, water, transportation, etc. That's a huge carbon footprint.
@Hoggster Not a problem. It will just be a matter of supporting the elderly, instead of babies and their mothers. A young population has a higher dependency ratio than an ageing one. (In Australia, anyway) A child is two dependents: the child and the adult who must supervise it.
@@jeffbeck9347 that mechanisasion is driving carbon not ppl
@@julm7744 Its not bcoz of poverty. Poverty was never a hindrance to increased population. In fact during the 80s when the country was hit with severe economic crisis, population grew exponentially. The probable reason for birth rate decline is bcoz of the abundance of entertainment outlets, from celfone, internet, social media, gaming etc. Also people are more educated, exposed to different culture, more people have gone abroad for vacation, more people can afford to buy cars and therefore travel more. In the past, there is a joke that says, the only source of entertainment at night is playing with each other. Now that is not the case anymore, since almost all household has access to cable and satellite tv, 5g internet, video calling, karaoke. Thanks also to the massive electrification programs govt has done thru the decades.
@@TheJarric Sino ang kumukunsumo ng produkto ng mechanization, mga makina din?
As more and more people have access to education, they have understood the risks and costs of having a family.
All the old lies about population control and the exhibits of masses of people in big cities during rush hours and perhaps a procession of the Black Nazarene statue are being used to perpetuate their lies. Just look at the Western and East Asian countries losing their population, unable to maintain their economy due to lack of workers. These evil liars simply want the Philippines to have the same fate as those countries. These so-called commentators are just trolls working for these NGOs who promote abortion and birth control whose pills are abortifacient as well. Moreover, there are plenty of room in the provinces both in the populated areas and undeveloped areas. A country who maintains their natural birth propagation as of yesteryears will be the economic power of tomorrow. It’s as simple as that.
or nabakla na kaming mga gwapo, ewan 🤧
Its not a risk but to be responsible of having a family.. the rank that we have now is for the couples and they dont include the single parents😢 abortion rate, HIV cases
@@ladysnow8186 , that’s true in every country whether or not they’re fertility rates are high or low.
Therefore, those who were educated are mostly the ones who only have 1 or 2 children. Kung sino pa ang mahirap at walang trabaho, sila pa ang maraming anak.
It is because the new generation of Filipinos are mostly open-minded and smarter compared to the old. I believe one day, life would be better since the population is manageable and the new generation will elect the rightful leaders. The youth is indeed the hope of the country.
It means Filipinos are getting smarter.
Great job. Lower birth rate can mean a shift towards improved health and living conditions.
Quality of life instead of just have a lot more people to die.
@@jdhogg8418parents don't have kids. Elderly Plan for your own retirement so you don't rely on your existing adult kids.
@@bchpls24 its not that simple as the world has learned it is quite more difficult to reverse a declining population. There is a reason why india has no policy in when it comes to having a number of children even after overtaking china. If the economy is growing despite large childbirth, if you do your research, you will find out that in the grand scheme of things it is more beneficiary. Slowing population growth is what first world countries have done in the past to improve their economy only to find out that it is detrimental in the longer run ad hey have found out since highly educated people prefer having only one. Again if you do your research, birthrate must be above a certain average and we are beginning to tread the same path as the first world countries have. Rule is more population means more economic activity and another rule is as economy becomes more richer and advance, population decline is inevitable.
@Hoggster They won't have to. The elderly are often self-supporting and even economically active if they are allowed to be. When I was a child, my father supported 6 people: himself and 5 others.
That also means I should stop paying for SSS since it's not guaranteed by the state. You do know that it's a pyramid scheme though, right?
Kudos to the author of Reproductive health law and the new generation of Filipinos. My parents were born in the late 30's... my Dad strictly practiced family planning and had 3 children and provided us with good education...my sister had 3 children, my brother had 1 child and I had 1 child...
Props to the person who fought the church in order for the TRO to be cancelled and that was the former president.
Not really true one of the reasons why we have a declined birth rate because of high inflation and cost of living
ONE KID IS ENOUGH...
THANKS TO MIRIAM SANTIAGO, RISA HONTIVEROS AND PRESIDENT AQUINO FOR RH LAW
@@MA-rd8pz two is also ok
I am 35years old but I refuse not to have baby and don't get married if I am not financially stable...my goal is work,save and travel,this is me as a Filipino.
I’m a 28y/o Filipino and this explanations are true. I still don’t want to get married since my cousins who started a family earlier are still having a hard time to meet ends. They have a large debt. Not comfortable life and too much problems both financial and family. I have an agribusiness here and I’m still not planning to have a family before 30y/o. Self love and achieving my goals first before anything else.
How.
@@markuchiha7737 inflation or expensive school debt.
Same here going 30 this year still single..
I hope. We won't be the same as Japan in the future😁 career-oriented and self-love-driven people
@@janahgracepabalan1540 "career-oriented and self-love-driven people" aka self-absorbed narcissists who are the perfect customers for the childless, corporate consumerist lifestyle. no commitments to family or others means more time for video games and making powerpoints! every country in the world outside africa that is urbanized or urbanizing is falling into the same below replacement TFR and aging population death spiral, but the Philippines will be different because....
another reason why PH has been successfully lowering birth rates was because of the new generations mindset. instead of having kids, they prefer living with animals or adopting kids. and i actually love it! they know that the PH is so poor and they do not want their kids to grew up in that kind of environment because it is not healthy. they would love to die alone than have the mindset of old people saying "you will die alone if you will not have kids, it is hard". CHILDREN'S ARE NOT RETIREMENT FEE!!
Funny comment I found on a vid about Filipino GenZs choosing not to have kids: tita ko na laging sinasabi na "mamamatay kang mag-isa nyan" malamang? alangan naman isama kita tita?
@@isav7305 😂
@@isav7305 HAHAHA best response, gagamitin ko 'to!
My grandparents were ordinary people who had no inherited wealth but had 8 kids. My grandfather was a skilled mechanic and my grandmother, a seamstress. Both of them saw that education was the ticket out of poverty. They provided for all 8 kids and they all became college graduates and had professional jobs. No one had children out of wedlock or without graduating college. All my mom’s siblings, including her had 3-4 kids each. Most of us in the next generation have 1-2 kids or none. But all of us maintain that mindset of finishing college and becoming professionals. Our grandparents have built generational wealth because of their mindset of only having kids if you can provide for a college education and raising them appropriately. My father’s side were land rich farmers and also had 8 kids. Education wasn’t a priority. My dad was the only one that strived to educate himself without help from his parents. Each child had more than 6 kids minimum except my dad who had 4. We’re the only ones from from his side of the family to be college educated and are professionals. Education and mindset is the beginning!
Well, what year was that?
True...
Well it was easier after the War cause the population dropped so much with so many dead. WIth less people there was less competition for jobs and resources so back then it was fine. Now try having 8 kids and you work as a typical office worker, with prices now and inflation to continue rising I doubt you can send all 8 kids to college unless all of them are scholars or they pass in quality government schools like UP or PUP.
@@sherwinclarencego1933 Unfortunately for us, this is the way of our world now. But no matter what happens. Being educated with a marketable skill will always give you profit and a means for livelihood.
Finishing college? Well, depende sa kurso at sa galing ng tao. Pero sa panahon ngayon, lalo na lang bumababa ang halaga ng pagtatapos ng 4yr course sa college. Sa dami ba naman ng supply ng fresh graduates, tapos highly competitive job market at lower income, tingin mo maganda pa rin ba ang magkaroon ng college degree?
Only the poor and less educated population tend to bump these numbers higher. Glad to see that more people realize the exceptional quality of life that is within their reach by simply prioritizing career and delaying marriage until their early thirties.
What worries me as a developmental worker is not the declining birth rate but the age when women are getting pregnant. They have become younger. Even when they reach their twenties, both of the teenager couples are not mature enough to grasp the responsibility of being a parent. And since they are still young, they are still within the fertility window so it could be true that the birth rate is declining but it also is a possibility that the babies are yet to arrive in the near future. There must be an equal sex education not only for women but also for men.
Bumaba na rin ang teenage pregnancy
what?
ha eh panahon ng lolot lola 16 17 nag papakasal na
I agree on this! More sex ed
@@user-nv1gm2zj7ymeron pa nga 14
Quality over quantity always.
What a hopeful stage we Filipinos are entering. Sana the use of contraceptives pills and condoms become a normal occurrence in our culture and no longer a Taboo.
Introducing safe sex options is also good way to decrease the birth rate. At this stage in the country's development, it's best to upgrade the healthcare infrastructure as well as improving everyone's living standards.
for married couple only. but abstinence and monogamy should be stressed firsts to the youth , that is the best way to keep a society orderly.
@@noeminoemi1350 Nah. It can also be used for teenagers. You know how impulsive they are during their guillible age who is prone to believe in true love especially if caught with passion.🎉 ( As an ex youth ourselves, you know what I mean 😊.) Not only does it reduce teenage pregnancy, it can prevent the countless heart breaking Tulfo Drama. Anyway, after these youths have done it using the contraceptives after getting caught with passion, this can be considered as a trial to better know each other. Or else, if they conceived a baby together and only to regret it later on because their partners are not the kind individual they usually portray themselves to be, then that would be tragic and can force people to resort to extreme actions or worse, they would suffer a stress for a life time that would make them hate their children they don't have supposed to have Coupled with self righteous society out there, being forced to marry them is usually their common fate. 😅
@@Ragna_BoyAgnostic ako pero parang nagiging Atheist na ako, pero against ako na inonormalize na natin tong pang engage ng mga youth sa sex, kaya nagiging promiscuous yung mga tayo dahil dyan. Kaya mas lalong nagiging impulsive ehhh kasi ang dali na lang mag engage sa sex, magiging mess up yung society natin. Nakaka addict po yung sex, d mo siguro alam.
@@Ragna_Boy Vulnerable talaga pag mga bata pa pero sana may mga programs sa school para dyan ( sa mga effects sa magiging actions nila). Kailagan din bawasan school hours at tanggalin yung mga hindi naman importanting subjects, e improve ang education, and then mag allocate ng time para sa sports para mas maayos yung well-being ng mga bata. Kapag marami kang physical activities mas hindi ka nakakaisip ng something sexual.
I am a Filipino and I like to adopt dogs. My city is starting to prioritize dog wellness. We have all breeds in Baguio City. It is about time we don't bring in more people to a world that's destined to really suffer from overpopulation.
Baguio City is turning into mess.
@@iceicebebe8299 Cuz too many freaking Korean flooding over there, taking over the whole city....
Very Good. Thanks =)
That mentality will kill the economy, who will contribute to the pension fund if we have more oldies than young ones? Each family should have at least two (2) kids to replace them or else the fund will be depleted or the remaining young population will be taxed a tantamount just to replenish the fund..
oh does your dogs pay SSS contribution? cause good luck 30+ years from now if u will get monthly pension if too few young Pinoy "humans" will contribute to ur monthly compensation..
A very informative, well-balanced, and professionally designed documentary. The amount of hours that must have been put into this must have been huge. Well done to all the folks who took part in creating this video: researchers, analysts, script writers, interviewers, interviewees, camera people, editors, directors... (and so many, I'm sure). Superb work. Please, keep at it.
The Catholic church should be made to pay for the resources needed to raise the 3rd, 4th and or 5th kid in any family since they are so opposed to family planning.
Best comment yet!
100% agree as a Filipino
Agree
The church should also be taxed
The Catholic church holds hundreds of millions of investment lol.
Call me pessimistic but for me, it's too early to say that the Philippines will have a head start in its economy because of the decline of its population. There are still a lot of obvious and underlying factors that may restrain its economic growth.
Oh cmon lets hear from this expert ....
Philippines should be a developed country by the time it becomes an aging population. While declining birth rate is a sign of a conscious decision when considering parenthood, it - population control - is still a variable to progress. *If another variable exponentially implodes everything else implodes in catastrophe.* For Instance, China could become the Poster child of an aging middle class, despite the fact that their government (CCP) is still fundamentally communist which is ironic. The Chinese Government holds an immense power to distribute equal resources and yet they couldn't, and the same is true for their Big Tech Giants. Blaming the government, among other institutions or their relatives to submission is still one of the thousands of *variables* or conditions to consider when pleading for change. Another variable to consider is education and competence (wisdom and knowledge). If the population declines while still having less educated citizens, this would demotivate the population in proportion to other *variables.* People will send their best kids abroad and let them live there, and their kids will forever be competent and more valuable there. This will just exhaust the country of better professionals and would not encourage local and foreign investors into the country. Also if the competition of the best is held in the country, and later maximize it, then, it would encourage local participants to the best of their abilities to nurture it even with less resources and with local cooperation, therefore, attracts both local and foreign investors. Another variable is opportunity. If the population failed to educate the succeeding generations with the essential skills and associate their progress to every aspect of society, then, the society will experience a lag or even missing years to be competitive as a whole. People would not want to plant food anymore because other food is better that there will be a time that, people would only depend on exporting the food, or worse a recipe for a dish would eventually be extinct. People wouldn't ever make a boat because it wasn't cool and modern, even though it was the fastest and could take the longest trips in which could have been modernized if given the opportunity. The opportunity that could be lost without descendants to teach. These statements would only be close to accurate because the *variables* can only steer them by the common choices made by the majority. There are more plenty of variables greatly affecting the consensus of the public, and I hope most people recognize these factors or *variables* themselves other than thinking only on population control. China, Japan, and Korea will still come to a point that the help from their descendants will be necessary before the implosion of their population. This is just my opportunistic observation.
@@maximocristobalvaldespino5408 hohoho. . Mind you in the PH, human resources ang isa sa major moneymaker natin abroad. If this rapidly declines, best believe na mag eexpect ako need natin more highpaying proffesionals na ang nag aabroad satin to replace the number of lowskill ofw.
It has a long way to go until population decline. They still have 3x the births than deaths (World Bank data). This is because population is very young even though fertility is below 2.
@@maximocristobalvaldespino5408 this is common Filipino "Edi wow" or "Ikaw na magaling" comment. Kung wala kang mai-contribute na maayos na comment, manahimik na lang.
It's been 11 months since I watched this documentary, I must say this video is very educating and eye-opening. It made me realize how important a ballooning population must be addressed.
It is not that we don’t want to have kids, it is that we do not want our children to suffer what we suffered from.
As a young adult who is currently a college student right now in the Philippines, I am thinking months ago that time will come that our country _might_ reach a declining birth rate. I don’t even think the term ‘trend’ is enough to define how common/normal it is for my batch of them not wanting to have children in the future. Everyone* wants to prioritize their career, seizing life, and helping each of their own parents. And the thing is, despite the possibility of a declining birth rate the moment our generation takes over in the future (like in Japan or SK), such decision (of not wanting children) still makes sense to us right now. The quality of life in this country is getting worse day by day, with the expenses, traffic, employment, and environment. Today, it even takes 4.5 travel hours from my home to my university back and forth (compare to 2-3 hours pre-pandemic). I am also once a child, and if the chance was given to me to make my own family, I would not want them, especially my kids, to experience too many hardships like I did, or am experiencing even right now. There’s no denying that ‘declining birth rate’ is going to be a big problem for the country _if ever._ But, with how currently life is to commoners like me here in the Philippines, I don’t think I, or anyone I know of, will change their mind anytime soon in regards to having no babies in our future. *Our plates are full enough and we cannot afford to get another one.* *There are 2 or 3 that I know who wants to have their own family, but it comes with a factor of them wanting to migrate overseas, lol.
Kaya mahirap ang pinas overpopulation na 🥹
@@zurctrebor3953 Not necessarily due to overpopulation. As the commenter has emphasized, it is the quality of life in the Philippines that is one of the factors why the younger generation does not want or prefers fewer children.
Di lang naman siguro yun ang dahilan. Isabay mo jan ang pagtaas ng consumerism. Mula sa estetic na damit, milk tea, bagong motor, upgrade ng motor, bagong cellphone, bili ng gaming PC, online shopping, etc... Nauubos agad ang iniipon nila. At kung may maipon man sila, ilang buwan lang bababa nanaman ang halaga ng itinago nilang pera. Eh paano pa kaya kung nauso pa lalo ang credit payment dito satin?
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I don't think this is an argument between two extremes. One side is simply saying 2 is enough to replenish the population. Meanwhile, those against the RH bill are neglecting the evils that befalls families and our society from have too many children and having children irresponsibly. One side is for responsible parenthood and the other side seems to be fine with a a "come what may" attitude. I'm sure we are far from a predominantly graying population like Japan. We are simply looking for a sustainable future for ourselves, our families, and our country.
To my experience in my local. Our LGUs are eager to birth control. They really inform pregnants on contraceptives even their partners after child birth. My sister in-law had her schedule to our barangay health ctr. I found it really good that our LGUs are helping its community.
I have a coworker who availed free implant sa center. That messed her up tho so they had to have it removed.
Turning 33 and single. Having a family of your own is a big responsibility. With the current economy that we have, I don't think anyone would want to get married and have kids. Better focus on empowering yourself, earn and save and travel!
My parents are from simple family. We lived in the northern most Island of the Philippines (Itbayat, Batanes), just a few miles from Taiwan. My father was a farmer and my mother was a housewife. Living here is peaceful but quite harsh due to frequent typhoons. They're highschool graduates when they got married and raise us 6 siblings so I experience the harsh reality of not having family planning. Normally 6 children in a family is a common here that time. So thankfully, my parents pursue on sending us siblings to college because they believe that only education can be our inheritance to them. We became licensed professionals and only our youngest siblings was currently studying now. The oldest of us was the only one who had a child (one daughter) at age of 34.
That mentality will kill the economy, who will contribute to the pension fund if we have more oldies than young ones? Each family should have at least two (2) kids to replace them or else the fund will be depleted or the remaining young population will be taxed a tantamount just to replenish the fund..
Hindi na kasi nagmamadaling mag kaanak ang mga mas batang generation. Nung panahon ko pag 25 yo na feeling ang tanda na at need na manganak. Pero ngayon early 30s na madami pa ring walang anak. But anyway, it doesn't matter ilang taon nanganak or ilan ang anak, basta kayang buhayin, go lang. ❤
People can choose if they want children or not
@@wheatstonebridge of course!
@@wheatstonebridgeYun naman ang point nia.
@@MarkAnthonyS 😢😢😢
Filipino youths have actively expressed that they do not see the country as a hospitable country for children. While a lower birth rate is good, this is also an indication of the goverbment failing to make the country better.
And how does the government make the country better if there are limited resources compounded by the fact that we have corrupt officials plus the growing population? It is the height of folly to think that both can be solved at the same time (although that IS the dream). At least we have a semblance of a plan to control birthrates and empower couples with knowledge to make informed decisions about building their family, while at the same time continuing the campaign against corruption even if its slow-going.
@@coerloyal no one is saying that except this documentary.
The government's easiest way to make the country better is to reduce birth rates. It works like a charm.
@@coerloyal Agreed. In fact the campaign against corruption is literally going the other way! Politicians are actively hogging BILLIONS in the name of "public safety" and reducing services in education and health so I think the birth rate decline will continue but NOT because of birthrate control plans (which will surely be diminished by the lack of health funding) but because of burdened Filipinos unable to afford food, housing, and basic needs.
@coerloyal its their job to make the country better. They may have to get innovative, but there's usually always hope. If they can't get it done they need replaced.
I’m from Philippines and I’m married for 4 years and we still don’t want kids i want to enjoy the moment with my husband . Im already 29 and my husband is 33 .Life here is not easy that’s why we are afraid of having a child .
A funny story happened to my clan recently. My cousin, almost in her 30s, got pregnant. Instead of admonishing her, our relatives were ecstatic that she finally got a child. Unlike a decade or so ago when my other cousins got pregnant (or married early) after high school. I live in an urban area and even if some teens get pregnant early, most of them learn to stick to just one child. Those who delay marriage/pregancies also plan to have just one, maybe two max. Some are even vocal not having a child, to the amusement of their parents or grandparents
That mentality will kill the economy, who will contribute to the pension fund if we have more oldies than young ones? Each family should have at least two (2) kids to replace them or else the fund will be depleted or the remaining young population will be taxed a tantamount just to replenish the fund..
Looking for comments that give credit to how well-done this documentary is. On point, honest, and eye-opening. Let this be one of those comments, good job CNA!
CNA well done! As a filipino i can see the great effort you did on this story. Cheers CNA team.
I'm 31 and getting alot of pressure (together with my girlfriend of same age) to get married and have kids especially from the elderly. We had to remain silent most of the time as we know that our real response would most likely raise an eyebrow or get offended. That we dont feel confident financialy to raise a child. That most of these people will say that we are only exaggerating things. But that is just how we honestly feel. Cant afford to let our future child suffer the same fate as we had, as me and my girlfriend are also product of poor families. What's worse is that this statement comes from us, both professionals (licensed engineers), and actually having relatively good careers for people of our age. Nevertheless, we still feel that what we have right now is not enough to properly raise a child. Most of our colleagues, most of same age, are on same dilemma. Cant help but think of the pressure that the less fortunate of the same age have on their shoulders. I feel sorry for our generation.
HOLYYY GIGACHAD * no kids & marriage *😎😎😎
smartest filipino
Dont mind the boomers normal ang wag magka anak
If it's brought up again to have a child ask how much time and money they will be contributing to the child that they want. If it's only your responsibility, it's only your decision.
That mentality will kill the economy, who will contribute to the pension fund if we have more oldies than young ones? Each family should have at least two (2) kids to replace them or else the fund will be depleted or the remaining young population will be taxed a tantamount just to replenish the fund..
The people who are against family planning is stupid. You're not being forced to use those contraceptives, the government is just educating people that they have an option to do so.
I'm from the Philippines and one of the reasons might be because employment rate is now recovering since 2021 and people are starting to rebuild their lives from the loss during pandemic. They are starting to get busy on their careers and that would mean less time to prioritize having children. Even most millennials and younger generations doesn't want to have kids yet but rather they choose to focus on their careers and grow their own finances first. But yeah, this is just based on my observations.
I suspect the Birth rate fell in the phillipines like it did everywhere else because of the corona lock downs. I never been in the Phillipines but my impression is that the woman there like having kids. That´s a total different mentality of woman in the western societies. Sure they don´t need 8 kids but at least 2 or 3 is a reasonable. Other countries in the are had similar problem. The other day i saw that Thailand in 2019 had 700k births and in 2021 droped to 500k Family planing? No Corona lockdown. The overcrowding in Manila is old problem and can only be fixed by moving people and businesses out of the city to newly built cities and using fast trains to commute. A little bit like china is doing in their capital
@@kitnascimento002 there was a spike of briths during the onset of the pandemic, here in the Philippines. The corona lockdown momentarily worsened it. Our population is still growing quick but more women are opting to limit child birth but we won’t feel the effects of that yet until after a decade from now.
that is a fatal error. The best solution is to return to being 100% Filipinos. you go back to a culture were you CAN have children and have rice. You would be shock how much that balance the land sustainability. People will sustain marriages because no one is poor and NEED the relationship to get by. THE BOOM IN GLOBAL POPULATION + THE INDUSTRIAL AGE is tied. 👉🏽 👉🏾 👉🏿The industrial age took away basic human security net Shelter | Food + Water . it also cause crime so men and women are choosing based on best end results. 🍱🍞🍜🍙🍚the Office or a date provide the rice ← Population Boom is the infant stage of Industrial culture ← Population Decline is the middle stage ← Extinction is the final stage.
@@cinnamonstar808 India or Africa will go instinct?😄Africa population does not stop increasing and they cannot even feed the population they have now. How will they feed them in the future and for what? what can the african population do other than basic jobs? Semiconductors?😆They can´t even run an electric grid. The population problems in the world both excessive growth in some places and decline in others are a result of the liberal system that has been force fed to the world for the last decades mainly after the USSR was dismantled. If there is a chance for countries to choose another system many will do. The reason for the system to be in place is only based on violence not legitimacy.
you'd be luck to have a decent job in your own country LOLS, cause back then 2011 all I find is a dogsh#t job role all my skills and education went to waste cause there was nothing there especially near where we migrated to from manila to south I can't find anything in manila and then also alabang pushing my luck landing dogsh#t job, Ph doesn't know what it's doing at all no idea what life is all about, their just keep on making babies with no future
Born in the 70‘s and we are 7 siblings, but now each of my siblings having only 2 or 3 children at the most, and 1 doesn’t want to habe kids, having fewer children is easier to provide the their needs, education etc. Philippines have long way to go to control population growth 😩
Ha my second cousin in their family our auntie's and uncles they are 8 now my second cousins they are only 4
my grandma younger sister has 16 childeren omg my grandma only have 3
uu ndi count ung anak sa labas.
Legalizing abortion is not a sin. Letting your child live in a hard cruel world is
My relatives would always scold me whenever I told them I'm not gonna have a child in the future. They would say ' kakainin mo rin yang sinasabi mo' NOOO! Having a child in ths generation is a whole lot of responsibility and commitment. I am not gonna have a child without being financially and emotionally stable. I have experienced poverty and all. It hurts to know you can't have the things you want and needed. Hell I'd rather raise a cat than having a child in ths so called generation.
Your relatives have a lower IQ than the national average of 81 (Ranked 111 in the world). They think emotionally, not logically
I hope your relatives don't vote corrupt politicians in the Philippines too then complain why no progress.
@@joandarc441 Name 1 politician in the PH, or even the world with NO dirt under their finger nails in their career. I'll wait for your answer.. Even the Vatican, a country has corruption.
I can relate! Then, they warn me no one would care for me when I’m old and I just think to myself that’s probably how they view their children - retirement plans. And that’s just so sad for their children and selfish of them. They say you’re being selfish for choosing to not start a family, but what do you call them? I’d rather not burden anyone when I’m dying.
Have a child BY CHOICE. That’s right. Separate Church from State always. Quality life first. I was born in the 80’s and most of my generation have at least 1 child and at most 4 and I think that’s perfect.
Sadly, it has never been separated. 😓
Filipinos have become a Slave since colonization of Spanish. Your real identity is MAHARLIKA. Having many children is never an issue if Filipinos will reject ur current government and adopt Customary Law
Fewer children or even just a child in general can give parents an opportunity to provide a better life situation for their kids.
Yes….however, “only children” have a tendency of being more selfish and inward-focused than children who have at least one sibling….
All the old lies about population control and the exhibits of masses of people in big cities during rush hours and perhaps a procession of the Black Nazarene statue are being used to perpetuate their lies. Just look at the Western and East Asian countries losing their population, unable to maintain their economy due to lack of workers. These evil liars simply want the Philippines to have the same fate as those countries. These so-called commentators are just trolls working for these NGOs who promote abortion and birth control whose pills are abortifacient as well. Moreover, there are plenty of room in the provinces both in the populated areas and undeveloped areas. A country who maintains their natural birth propagation as of yesteryears will be the economic power of tomorrow. It’s as simple as that.
I know some couples who raised just one child and were contented,until their only child died and was too late for them to have another child.selfish parents prefer just one child.they didnt even think that their only child wants to have at least one sibling.its only for a child not to have playmates closer to their age.
There is nothing wrong if parents want to have a dozen children or more ,as long as they can afford to raise them ,as responsible citizens.i know many Catholics ,who have large families and truly practice their faith,that are joyous and contented with their lives.
@@truthhurtsalways4u , great testimony! God bless you!
Salute at salamat sa mga community health workers natin na pumupunta sa mga nayon para magbigay ng information kung pano nila mas mapapangalagaan ang kalusugan ng mga tao.
Shout out to Head nurse Jopeth @2:20, who's handling 20-30 patients while the ideal number ratio of nurse to patient is 1:5. Your job is equivalent for 4-6 nurses. Thank you for your service and dedication.
Affiliates of the Liberal Party of the Philippines promoted this Reproductive Health Law during Noynoy Aquino's era, which was supported by various political parties. The surprising thing is, the Catholic Church in the Philippines has always supported the candidates of the Liberal Party even if it violates their wishes. However, the truth is, no matter which political party promotes that, people really want to limit their families because of the hardships of life. Another fact is that poverty in the Philippines has long been used as a weapon by those with money and power to keep themselves in their current social condition. Therefore it is time to continue this trend for the sake of the next generation.
Because it's all about Interests. The Filipino Roman Catholic Church may have interests tolerated, aligned with the so-called Liberal Party.
Basically we leave those oligarchs dry if we have less kids. This really should be said more. Corruption should really not be tolerated anymore. We can't afford to be any worse than now
Nanay has 12 siblings ,ang sipag talaga Ni Lolo. Tatay has 7 siblings. So we were born from a very productive clans. I have 6 siblings and all of us are already professionals. My brothers and sister produce atleast 2 kids.Hirap talaga pag maraming anak,magulo ang araw-araw na buhay. Let's have children by choice ,1 or 2. Pwede din wala 😂😂Life is a choice,importante we are all happy with our lives.
I bet we’ll be really happy when we’re old and no one has been having babies for generations. It’ll be swell. Us old fogies, we’ll all have a ball doing everything for ourselves. See you at the Euthanasia clinic. Hopefully there’ll be someone young enough there to finish us off.
Ate ko isa lang anak
@@sunnywintermorning1941 With AI and robotics developing very quickly we don't need that much people. That euthanasia clinic you speak of can be run by AI don't you know?
@Sunny don't kid yourself, you know you will die from eating too much junkfood or drinking too much alcohol or being too sedentary. This is the fate of most modern people, to die just before or after retirement. Too much good food and entertainment.
It's not "life is a choice". Be aware of the consequences of your choice towards other people. Kung choice mo lang magka anak para happy happy lang, Mali Yun. Choose to have children because you can provide a healthy environment including being able to send them to school and financially provide for their needs.
A medical doctor in the Philippines earns about $1000 a month. Nurses often get a second job because their salary can't make ends meet. Many nurses go overseas to Europe or the US where they make enough money to support their families, including siblings and parents., then build themselves a nice home back in the Philippines for retirement. Their pensions or even Social Security are better than many full time jobs that are available. There are many students from India that come to study nursing or medicine in the Philippines. Some of them also end up in the US or Europe.
Pinoy po ako 65 yrs old kc maraming kabataang sa Generation ngayon dito sa Pilipinas ang Responsible na alam na nila na mahirap ang buhay at alam nila na hindi Solucion ang Pag Aasawa at pag kakaroon ng Anak. Para sakin yung mga Single ngayon na may edad na at di na nakapag Asawa ay mga bagong Hero ng Bansa kc they work hard for themselves and for The betterment of our Country .
Hindi Lang sa pinas pati then ang ibang third world countries gagaya Ng India.
I'm one of those in marrying age that chose to not have a child of my own. I don't want to make my child experience this world full of war, famine, drought, etc.
Make kids grow up to experience a world of old people without youth to look after them instead?
@@sunnywintermorning1941 Not anyone's responsibility other than the government to make it feasible to start a family.
Not good also like other countries old population not good is not balance
@@_aiborie Got it; a world of old people without youth to look after them is just an issue for government to worry about. Not an issue for us, the people who will live in that world. That makes me feel a lot better about the future.
@@sunnywintermorning1941 Who starts a family thinking: 'I've done my duty to contribute to the country's replacement rate!' Nobody in the right mind thinks that way. People are just reacting to their situation and current economic conditions. It's a systemic issue and that flew over your head appealing to emotion/pity here, making yourself miserable with hypothetical scenarios 🙄
I'm a Filipino woman, 36, single, employed and childless and I don't want to get married or have children. Being single is already expensive. What more when you have children. Even if I get married and have children, the expenses are simply not just ideal specially now that things are getting worse, high prices in all commodities. I want to enjoy life as much as I can without such worries. I want to die with less stress as possible.
Its ok to be single but always think that your flower will eventually dry if you did not water it. 😂 😂
@@onlybesthighlights8563 and who says just because she is single she doesn’t have a boyfriend
bka single pro d na virgin.
Isang concern citizen lang nmn ako..concern lang ako sa flower nya este sa pagiging single nya 😂😂
When you are at a certain age... And still can't find possible mate? you just tend to accept reality that you will grow old solo.
Broken down even further, I'm curious as to which regions, provinces, and municipalities yielded the highest birth rates. I imagine there's a gap between, say, Pampanga and Sulu. And from there there's a clearer image as to which areas could use more family planning outreach
Good point. That will be a good research study. Would help the govt which provinces they could focus more and force the local govt to improve and allocate resources better
Probably Region 12 and surely BARMM would make it to the top. Breeding like rabbits.
To all volunteers like Joanna. Thank you for your sacrifices. Please dont stop educating our women especially in poor urban and rural areas.
I think the mentality of the young filipinos today that having a child is a very hard and burden. The behaviour is changing as time goes by. People are getting smarter of having a family. Some couples are also okay of not having a baby.
It also helps that the Catholic clergy's influence on the Filipino general population in terms of political and social issues has eroded significantly over the last twenty or so years...
Ngayon kase 30-35 yrs old ang ideal na mag pamilya, saka karamihan ngayon pokus sa trabaho at pag aaral, magastos at malaking responsibilidad ang pag papamilya,
tapos 30-35 years old ka at mag retired ka nag aaral parin anak mo🤣🤣
Too old. Infertility & pregnancy complications rise with age.
@@Shineon83 30 and 39 years old is Fertile and no complication for both Men and Women. only 40 years old and above.
@@yunnayun9367 It is American Standard to have a Children in 30 and 39 years old to have child/children.
@@Shineon83 I am 28 years not married yet and I feel perfectly fine since I'm still building my own farm business
Finally some good news! Thank you Edcel Lagman
The Philippines is on the right track of reducing or controlling the birth rate. It is may caused of good distribution of goods and services in our community. To deplete also the poverty and unemployment rate at the same time. ❤️🇵🇭
That mentality will kill the economy, who will contribute to the pension fund if we have more oldies than young ones? Each family should have at least two (2) kids to replace them or else the fund will be depleted or the remaining young population will be taxed a tantamount just to replenish the fund..
@@markm_koko That’s the “oldies’” fault for ONLY relying on the state pension fund. The younger generation is tired of carrying the burden of others when WE can barely make ends meet. With a decrease in supply of labor (population decline), job vacancies would eventually ensue, and businesses will be propelled to pay more for employee retention. More purchasing power for everyone, and everyone is happy.
as a 22 year old, i personally don't want children because I just want to live my life without the burden of having a kid and don't want my child to experience poverty/bullying/unfairness of life.
Smart
You're too young explore the world travel and learn how earn a lot of money exercise and healthy lifestyle
Im 27 years old, and im one of those millennials who dont want to have kids. Me and my wife prefer to only have 1 or no kids beacuse we want to focus in our energy on achieving our happiness 😊
You probably will not be too happy when you turn 60 and you are alone with no family to take care of you.
@@gwestcot are you jealous Greg? Lmao. I know many parents who are miserable at 60 and they dont have money as it all went to their kids
This is really a happy news and I hope it continues... People who aren't capable to give their children a proper life should refrain or stop themselves from having more kids...
Good for them! Happy to see that the younger generation is getting it right.
i'm a filipino from southern philippine, we have 8 members in our family, but my friends and relatives have family over 13 to 15 units which is crazy. of course I love all of my cousin and friends and it's also fun to have huge friends and relatives. however most of theme like 90% didn't finish schools and now unemployed. some of them just roam around, we called it "tambay". few of them endup helping the family while most of theme will end up tambay. most of them just play mobile legends, hang out with friends and drinking out for most of the time. this is what happened to most filipino families you see on videos. this is also one of the biggest reason for poverty, crime, drugs etc. i remember when we used to be the 2nd richest country in asia after ww2. and I also remember when I was a kid, there were barely any houses near our village. now, people and houses are just everywhere and my village also became more like a slum but not worst as caviete or tonod manila.
Philippines is not overpopulated. The problem is ur geography it's too tiny. If u have a big land area like Australia. Philippines will be a boooring place.
@@marlindagomez5766 no, to know what is overpopulated country is, you divid the person and space per square meter. the more condensed, is band. there are country that is way bigger than the philippine but the population is less than the philippine. so the problem is not ur geography. let's not blame our geography - as it is natural. but the problem is our response and approach to our geography.
@@adimardev1550 it is geographical. Most of the populated areas in Philippines is only focus Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao City. We're the population is centered. Most places in the Philippines is isolated so please educate urself
@@marlindagomez5766 While Australia is large, it only has a small amount of area that can accommodate cities.... Most of Australia is desert without water for a city. There are also nature areas in Australia that are protected, and cannot be built upon.
@@marlindagomez5766 i don't mind discusing geography. geography itself is not enough, i've studied economics and philosophy for 4 years and I know a lot about the philippine and filipinos. but you're being rude. so i advice you to educate yourself on how to act righteously rather than geography.
Its even about to go down... With the younger generation focusing on career first than having a family. Education is also a factor why... More ppl is educated now compared in the past. In my opinion I find it a absolute win
Yes yes it is
Mag aanak, tps pg wala trabaho at mapakain, sa gobyerno isisi.🤸♀️
I grew up from lower income family. I hated my parents for being comfortable with daily wage living. My peers always tells my why I don't have a family yet. To bring a child into this world with barely scrapping by is very irresponsible. I want to have a family and children and have the means to live without worries. Everything is expensive nowadays. Wages have not risen and only a few people benefited from the rise of technologies.
I really hope it lowers so we can have more jobs and less competition.
oh my god yes, the job competition is immense
@@arttrash1536 ulol bubu hihina nman ang Economia mga bubu kayo
no it inreases taxes as elder start to bocome larger population west is all ready feeling it why so many useles migrants are let in
It would still look bad as it would lead to increase in retirement age and increased tax. What we would like to see is just normal birth rate (2-3 babies per couple).
@@TheJarric now you know why the factories in the US have all moved to the Sun Belt. The nearer to the border, the better access to cheap labor that companies can treat as slaves.
Not everyone's meant to be a biological parent, but some individuals can be good parents, provided they pass some legal requirements.
@@jakelittle1261 but the Philippines Population Control agencies hasn't done that sterilization yet, they merely Educate these people. It's the 21st century.
Thank You Sir Edcel Lagman! 7:03
I'm already 27 and still single. I am not financially ready to start a family and I'd like to travel to some places first before I settle down. Most millennials think the same way and some find it stressful to have another mouth to feed when we're barely making ends meet. Plus we have a growing population of LGBTQ community and liberated people, the most concerning part is the rise of individuals getting HIV. The infected is getting younger and younger.
Came from a family of 6 kids... and we're all doing great in life (not financially, but emotionally and mentally, which kinda make me want to have at least 4 kids in the future). I'm happily married now and doesn't want to have a kid yet because I wanted to enjoy my time with my husband first. I see the decline in birth rate within my circle of friends... but still see the increasing trend of it within poverty-stricken communities, not just increasing birth rate but teen pregnancy. 😢 I think the Philippines' population is still growing and it's sad that a lot of its contributors are those who are not in the right age yet to have a child.
All I see that lowers the rate was abortion and single parents broken family😢 lets not be confident.. this has counter effect to our society
Same here,me and many of my friends chose not to have children however; i noticed that many younger or teenage girls get pregnant thus contribute to growing population even rapidly..
Agree. I think the video didn't really showed that Philippines population didn't drop to low but it's increased since alot of teens nowadays are getting pregnant like at the of 14-18, and some of this teens are already have 1-2 kids at their young age. Sakit ng peenoy mag eut anak ng madami since wlang pagkakaabalahan aside sa pagiging chismosa kaya🤷♀️.
@@ladysnow8186 No. The poor is getting more babies. The middle and first class are getting less babies. If you can't afford to send them to school and to provide for children, is just right not to have one.
I wish sex education is taught more in public provincial schools. The worse part is that HIV cases are still high in the Philippines. The risk is eally high nowadays
Dapat hindi nakikialam ang mga pari at madre sa gobyerno. Ang dapat din gawin is turuan at magkaroon ng seminar about responsible parenthood.
Tama dahil may separation of church and state. Saka yang mga pro-life na yan, masyado silang paladesisyon at pakialamera sa buhay ng iba. Pero ask them if they are willing to adopt children na napabayaan ng mga magulang, for sure no ang isasagot nila. The hypocrisy..
@@ai03277 una lang yan kayo ngawngaw sa huli ang mga anak natin mahihirapan dahil sa pinagagawa nyo man power nang mga bata pilipinas bababa kisa sa matatanda at babagsak ang economiya dahil sa ka kulangan nang man power
It's being realize today that any country having a slow population growth are suffering greatly due to lack of people thus they invite immigrants to populate their countries even giving money and providing many services if only their citizens will choose to have more children
@@ai03277 there is no such thing as separation of church and state.
@@richardnuevo there is. It is stated in the Philippine constitution
As a Filipino myself, i think i know the root of the problem. Most Filipino except me lack foresight and thinking ahead. I talked to some of my peers and they told me not think about the future since its not here yet. Like wtf! This is why some people have children but lack foresight on the requirements of raising child then they've trapped themselves in poverty because of the finances needed to raise a child. Some people don't even think about their retirement.
i am a healthworker working in rural health unit when i started working at the year of 2016, from monday to friday i cater to 10-20 pregnants per day but during pandemic it started to slow down i only cater to maximum of 10 pregnants by monday and only 2 or 3 sometimes 1 pregnant only the next following days and i dont see most of them getting pregnant after a few years.. although there are still teenager who got pregnant but they dont give birth as much as before they opt for family planning because things got so expensive nowadays, so many recreational people prefer to enjoy themselves rather than the burden of raising too many
Most educated millenials now prefer to live a single life without having children. Due to pressures of living they rather not bring a child in this world just to experience hardships they went through. Thats at least majority of sentiments of most of my career friends. The cost of living as a single person is already more bearing let alone having a child - it cost a lot.
I strongly agree.
Millenials and Gen Z mostly identify as lgbt.
@@raphaelloferrer220 Kabadingan is the most effective birth control yet free
Nirvana Dela Cruz - You don't have to see how badly it will affect the Philippines of the future. It's already dire right now. How can she compare Japan and Philippines like that! Japan family socioeconomic condition is far ahead.
I’m glad I’m not the only one perplexed by her comments. I’m not sure what kind of Kool-Aid she has been drinking.
If you’re saying that demographic winter that Philippines is now sailing onto will be brutal on Filipinos, agreed! It’ll be much worse than in Japan.
@@pushslice Catholic kool-aid.
It will increase the GDP per capita of the Philippines because lesser people to divide the GDP with.
@@sunnywintermorning1941 Nah. The real problem is that sure there will be less people but the majority can turn into poor people because it its the poor who are as usual the ones making the most amount of kids. If anything we need more education especially to the poor and to uplift them to get educated
Its crazy to think that The Philippines only have 16 million people in World war 2. Thats less than the population of Metro Manila today
The disparity between urban and rural life is evident. I believe that the answer to this is the untapped potential of a modernized Philippine agriculture. The Modernization Act passed in 1997 still can't be felt by much of this sector. The government still has a lot to work on to alleviate farmers and fishermen from poverty. Please give them the support and entreprenurial spirit that they need.
Good job 👍 Let's seize this opportunity to improve our lives.
anong improve bubu bababa ang Economia bugok
I live here. I think the massive population is the root cause of most of the country's issues. There are too many kids and they end up undereducated, malnourished and therefore underdeveloped mentally (not saying mentally retarded). Then they grow up and can vote, become police officers, decisions makers, etc. The only way to deal with these issues is to get population under control so each child can be given the proper resources to grow. As an aside, I had a vasectomy and my wife and I are childfree. People think we're nuts, but they're the ones stressing out of their minds because they have so many mouths to feed 🙄 For many people, a child can only be a blessing, and it's totally taboo to awknowledge the enormous burden of one.
All the old lies about population control and the exhibits of masses of people in big cities during rush hours and perhaps a procession of the Black Nazarene statue are being used to perpetuate their lies. Just look at the Western and East Asian countries losing their population, unable to maintain their economy due to lack of workers. These evil liars simply want the Philippines to have the same fate as those countries. These so-called commentators are just trolls working for these NGOs who promote abortion and birth control whose pills are abortifacient as well. Moreover, there are plenty of room in the provinces both in the populated areas and undeveloped areas. A country who maintains their natural birth propagation as of yesteryears will be the economic power of tomorrow. It’s as simple as that.
I was born in 1980. I talked to my elementary classmate once and asked her if she plans to add more kids. She said no that it's nakakapagod 😂
@@miaya3898 , being busy for the greater glory of God is always good. Tell her she will be rewarded handsomely in the next life.
@@leapdrive she's in the medical field so tama na ang pa self righteous mo
@@miaya3898 , please explain how I’m self-righteous, or are you just on the other side of the issue as a non-principled Godless liberal?
I am one of the contributors to this decline. Me and my partner decided not to have a 2nd child. This is a good decline because this will mean that less and less Filipino are going to become homeless. But the Government should keep an eye on the decline and make sure not to plummet even further.
It's the realization that the government or people around forcing you to have a child will never help you should you choose to have a child
The girl that said that population control means that we don't value 'Life' is one of the worst statement i've ever heard. Population control just means don't have more babies that you cannot afford!
i came from a bit biggr family but.our younger generation opted for atleast 3 kids max. so this progress is quite amazing. hope more couples will support the family planning program.
It is not progress when souls don't get to see and experience life on this earth.
@@mariamatusiewicz4280 hence why Spain and America will be always Philippines colony forever lol.
@@mariamatusiewicz4280 Yeah, life of sufferring, right? Better for 'few' souls to experience a good life than 'many' to experience a horrible one.
It would be interesting if we also look at the social economic status at its population growth. Base on my observation those who are in the middle class and up usually have 1 to 3 children but those who are in the lower is still producing 5 or more and they are actually starting it early as young as 16.
I am genX, single, and happy. I stopped working and became self-employed because I hate paying other people's ayuda. I'm not anti-poor because I grew up in one of the poorest families in rural Negros. . But when you have 4 kids and above and have no plan for life, I won't pay for your ayuda.
This is a very informative and eye-opening content.
8:54 "we do not value life" What do you mean? What kind of life will we provide to our future children if we ourselves are not self sufficient. I never really understood the resistance to RH Bill. It's a good law that educates people and help them to provide a better future to their children. Just because we use contraceptives doen't mean we don't value life and its our prerogative as a married couple when and how we will bring another life in this world.
Now, I understand the RH Law better. Thanks to this documentary.
My only concern with this declining fertility rate which is now below replacement rate is that we may never ever able to go back. While its great we fibally reached our goals in terms of overpopulation, it would prolly even worst if we dont begin discussing about this declining rates soon as we may end up like China or Japan which wont be good for our economy and future growth.
Thinking of individual or thinking about community. I say let consider the wellness of individuals. It is nonsense if we let children come to poverty because of future economic problems
That's the only problem to them because of the pension system to them won't be enough for the graying population. The pension system here in the Philippines is unreliable in the first place anyway and everyone here in the Philippines expected it already. This is the best time to lower the population without the pension getting in the way.