Less babies born in Singapore<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE (AP): Singaporeans may be having fewer babies, but
\nthe number of educated women having children is on the rise, a
\nhealth ministry official said on Friday.<\/p>\n
In 1987, 16,012 babies, or 38 percent of all babies born were
\nof mothers with at least secondary education, meaning they have
\ngone to school but not necessarily to university.<\/p>\n
In 1998, the figure almost doubled to 31,578, or 72 percent of
\nall babies born that year, according to Department of Statistics
\nfigures published in the daily Straits Times. The department
\nconfirmed the figures.<\/p>\n
Singapore officials have been expressing concern over the
\nfalling birth rate in this small country of 3.2 million people.<\/p>\n
Past government campaigns to slow Singapore's population
\ngrowth years ago proved too successful. The fertility rate has
\nfallen from 1.92 in 1990 to 1.48 in 1999, according to the
\nDepartment of Statistics.<\/p>",
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