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Ageing Population in Singapore

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Running Head: AGEING POPULATION IN SINGAPORE AGEING POPULATION IN SINGAPORE 1 Ageing Population in Singapore Name of Student: Name of University: Author Note: Introduction 2 Discussion 2 Situation overview 2 Government’s Take 2 Low Birth-rates 3 Increased Fertility in the 1940s 3 Enhanced Life-expectancy 4 Other Nations 4 Conclusion 5 References: 6 Introduction Time is an imminent force that binds human life and activities, and its most prominent manifestation is felt in the form of ageing

Ageing Population in Singapore

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Running Head: AGEING POPULATION IN SINGAPOREAgeing Population in SingaporeName of Student:Name of University:Author Note:
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1AGEING POPULATION IN SINGAPORETable of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2Discussion........................................................................................................................................2Situation overview.......................................................................................................................2Government’s Take.....................................................................................................................2Low Birth-rates............................................................................................................................3Increased Fertility in the 1940s....................................................................................................3Enhanced Life-expectancy...........................................................................................................4Other Nations...............................................................................................................................4Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5References:......................................................................................................................................6
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2AGEING POPULATION IN SINGAPOREIntroductionTime is an imminent force that binds human life and activities, and its most prominentmanifestation is felt in the form of ageing. A nation’s populace is said to be ageing when theaverage age escalates, unaffected by demographic factors like death-rate, birth rate, annualmigrations and so on. This is a problem many South Asian countries, where governments arefaced with the uphill task of providing facilities like healthcare, accommodation and basicamenities to older people who cannot actively contribute to the economy. This adversity isparticularly pertinent in Singapore, which happens to be one of the most rapidly augmentingeconomies in the world.DiscussionSituation overviewNotwithstanding the nation’s economic strong-footing, Singapore has a shocking meagrerate of birth and a steep quota of ageing people. When Singapore became independent fromMalaysian rule in 1965, its populace was about 1.8 million, who were mostly labourers andfarmers devoid of formal education. The mean age of the citizen has hiked drastically to 36.9 in2015, with people above 65 constituting 11.8% of the populace, which was about 11.2% in 2014.Demographic studies reflect that old age benefits policy has been altered in the past few decades,with the number of citizens in the 16-64 age-group has been dwindling progressively since 1970(Swee-Hock, 2012).
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