My source - In my opinion, i think it is difficult to draw out exactly which factors give influence on the family size since we are living in different region with different culture and custom. But i can summarize two factors which strongly decide the number of children in a Vietnam family: habit custom, finance, and law factor.
First, habit custom gives deep effects on ideal number of children in parent's mind. Habit custom varies from regions to regions surrounding the country. In remote or countryside areas, families tend to have over three children on average as parent consider the more children they have the more prosperous they get. It is easy to understand this point when all family in remote/countryside areas live on agriculture, and more children will help family having strong labor force. But it is completely reversal in the big city, parent tend to have only one child. Besides, at some regions, people have attitude of respecting male and ignoring female. Then if a couple haven't had a boy they will continue having babies until a boy is born.
Second, finance plays very important role in deciding the number of children in a family nowadays. The monthly cost of raising a baby is account for nearly majority salary of a dad or mum on average. So, the problem of finance crunch may be the factor that curb couple to have more babies even they want to. No parents want to have more babies if they are in the tight of money that cannot provide enough milk and comfort for their child.
Lastly, in a country with population growth rate increases rapidly like Vietnam, the government must control by the population law. Even pregnant or bear a baby is one of the human right but by this way or that way government must curb the rapidly increase in population to make sure of social security. Government encourages family give a limited children to raise them successfully.
There are four people in my family totally: my mother, my father, my younger sister and me. I think my family size is the typical size of almost Vietnam family. And it is not too hard for parent to raise two children successfully.
First, habit custom gives deep effects on ideal number of children in parent's mind. Habit custom varies from regions to regions surrounding the country. In remote or countryside areas, families tend to have over three children on average as parent consider the more children they have the more prosperous they get. It is easy to understand this point when all family in remote/countryside areas live on agriculture, and more children will help family having strong labor force. But it is completely reversal in the big city, parent tend to have only one child. Besides, at some regions, people have attitude of respecting male and ignoring female. Then if a couple haven't had a boy they will continue having babies until a boy is born.
Second, finance plays very important role in deciding the number of children in a family nowadays. The monthly cost of raising a baby is account for nearly majority salary of a dad or mum on average. So, the problem of finance crunch may be the factor that curb couple to have more babies even they want to. No parents want to have more babies if they are in the tight of money that cannot provide enough milk and comfort for their child.
Lastly, in a country with population growth rate increases rapidly like Vietnam, the government must control by the population law. Even pregnant or bear a baby is one of the human right but by this way or that way government must curb the rapidly increase in population to make sure of social security. Government encourages family give a limited children to raise them successfully.
There are four people in my family totally: my mother, my father, my younger sister and me. I think my family size is the typical size of almost Vietnam family. And it is not too hard for parent to raise two children successfully.
