Politics 🗳️ NZ Politics

[MrFrankWhite]

Education and health need to go hand in hand and also promoted early. The more educated and the healthier the population, then it takes burden off the country in the long term.

That’s not acknowledging there will always be a bottom quintile, and percentage of that needs to be managed, now.

 

[tyrael]

That’s not acknowledging there will always be a bottom quintile, and percentage of that needs to be managed, now.

No matter how educated or healthy a country is there will always be those that need help. If society is educated and healthy, then there will be more money to help those that really need it. Because we either make more money or we've saved more money or both.

Sex education is one example. There are some countries that look like their birth rate has gone down, but in reality, the teen pregnancy rate has gone down and couples are having children later in life. This means there is a lag/delay in the birth rate but after 8-10 years it will be normal again.


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[MrFrankWhite]

Sex education is one example. There are some countries that look like their birth rate has gone down, but in reality, the teen pregnancy rate has gone down and couples are having children later in life. This means there is a lag/delay in the birth rate but after 8-10 years it will be normal again.

Thats a pretty big claim and I have seen zero evidence to support this.

 

[tyrael]

Thats a pretty big claim and I have seen zero evidence to support this.

I have receipts.

Teenage births halved over last decade | Stats NZ

The number of teenage women in New Zealand giving birth has more than halved over the last decade.

www.stats.govt.nz

Teen pregnancy rates in New Zealand have decreased significantly over the last decade, with births to teenage mothers (15–19 years) more than halving. As of 2022, there were 1,719 births to teenagers (11 per 1,000) compared to 3,786 in 2012 (25 per 1,000), marking a 55% decline and a long-term downward trend.
Stats NZ
Stats NZ
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Key Trends and Data
Rapid Decline: The teen birth rate in 2016 was 16 per 1,000, half of the 2008 rate of 33, representing a consistent decline.
Long-Term Change: Teenage births peaked in 1972 with 9,150 births.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

I have receipts.

Teenage births halved over last decade | Stats NZ

The number of teenage women in New Zealand giving birth has more than halved over the last decade.

www.stats.govt.nz

Teen pregnancy rates in New Zealand have decreased significantly over the last decade, with births to teenage mothers (15–19 years) more than halving. As of 2022, there were 1,719 births to teenagers (11 per 1,000) compared to 3,786 in 2012 (25 per 1,000), marking a 55% decline and a long-term downward trend.
Stats NZ
Stats NZ
+2
Key Trends and Data
Rapid Decline: The teen birth rate in 2016 was 16 per 1,000, half of the 2008 rate of 33, representing a consistent decline.
Long-Term Change: Teenage births peaked in 1972 with 9,150 births.

Sorry I should have clarified, less teen pregnancy I believe, i don’t believe that couples are making up for it later. I was under the impression that fertility rates are down across ALL cohorts.