Gwendolyn Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Fewer than 400,000 babies were born in Italy last year, the lowest number since the 1861 unification of the country, highlighting worsening demographic dynamics in an economy beset by high levels of public debt. Just 393,000 babies were born in Italy in 2022, the national statistics agency Istat said on Friday, down about 1.8 per cent from the 400,249 born in 2021. The decline came despite the introduction of a financial incentive scheme aimed at encouraging more women to have children. The scheme, crafted by former prime minister Mario Draghi’s government in 2021, provides families with monthly financial allowances ranging from €50 to €175 for every newborn child. Those payments continue until the child is either economically independent or reaches 21. https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2023/04/07/italian-births-drop-to-lowest-level-since-countrys-unification/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magazine Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent W Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 No one wants to have children anymore Children are becoming a thing of the rich now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aren Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Good. May the rest of the world follow suit. The world is extremely overpopulated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudLBS Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Gwendolyn said: monthly financial allowances ranging from €50 to €175 for every newborn child that kind of incentives only attracts welfare queens Edited April 7, 2023 by ProudLBS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleEarthquake Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderland Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 I'm really not surprised. Having children seems like a disaster in this day and age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feanor Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Decreasing birth rates seem to be the future for every country at some point. I wonder in 50-100 years, when the world population is predicted to drop, how far down it'll go, because if these dropping birth rates from developed countries show us one thing, it's that no incentives to increase births really work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happylittlepunk Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 That’s because it’s too expensive to have children. Plus I do believe only people who want children should have them anyway. 25% of people are terrible parents many just want kids because it’s the norm or because they want to do a check off list. Children are blessing and don’t deserve shitty parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eóghan Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Italy has more or less the same population as the UK and France, both are around 700k babies per year. so yeah 400k is quite alarming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariananext Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 5 minutes ago, Eóghan said: Italy has more or less the same population as the UK and France, both are around 700k babies per year. so yeah 400k is quite alarming. The job market is at the pits here. Young people with a degree hardly find anything that pays over 1000€ a month, unless you're in the med, law or tech field. That makes it impossible to leave your family's home and get your own place, as you would spend all of your income on rent and nothing would be left, hence less and less people are getting married and having children. It's literally becoming impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intuition Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 On 4/7/2023 at 12:41 PM, Trent W said: No one wants to have children anymore Children are becoming a thing of the rich now. Not really. Africa has the highest fertility rate in the world. It's Europe in general that has very low fertility rate and it's been that way for quite awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariananext Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Intuition said: Not really. Africa has the highest fertility rate in the world. It's Europe in general that has very low fertility rate and it's been that way for quite awhile. That doesn't make the og statement any less true. My dad was the only one working in my family and they raised 4 children, the rent was around 500€ a month for a nice house. Now the rent is double that price for the same house and my job pays half of what my dad earned, he worked in a factory, I work 9-5 in the office with a degree and a master. I have no idea what's happening but my boyfriend and I are 24 and are not in the conditions to put on a family, while my parents had their first child at 20. And so many young people are unemployed here, especially in the south of Italy. It might be a bit better in the north but the situation doesn't look good either. Edited April 8, 2023 by ariananext Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Jacobs Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Give me some hot Italians ill give them babies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.R.L Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 (edited) On 4/7/2023 at 7:19 PM, Aren said: Good. May the rest of the world follow suit. The world is extremely overpopulated. This, but then again Italy is a developed country, good luck telling that to people leaving in poor/least developed countries with bad education system. Edited April 9, 2023 by A.R.L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMIT Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 23 hours ago, ariananext said: That doesn't make the og statement any less true. My dad was the only one working in my family and they raised 4 children, the rent was around 500€ a month for a nice house. Now the rent is double that price for the same house and my job pays half of what my dad earned, he worked in a factory, I work 9-5 in the office with a degree and a master. I have no idea what's happening but my boyfriend and I are 24 and are not in the conditions to put on a family, while my parents had their first child at 20. And so many young people are unemployed here, especially in the south of Italy. It might be a bit better in the north but the situation doesn't look good either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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