Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics

Review Article

Neonatology (Perinatology)

Demographic transition in South Korea: implications of falling birth rates

Chae Young Kim, Sung-Hoon Chung

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2024;67(10):498-509. Published online June 27, 2024

· Since 1960, South Korea's TFR decreased from 6.33 to 0.78 in 2022, below the 2.1 replacement level since 1983, with women's average age at first marriage rising to 31.3 in 2022.
· Policies needed: financial incentives, longer parental leave, better childcare.
· The U.S. (15.3% immigrants) and Germany (18.8%) use immigration to maintain demographic stability, a strategy South Korea is considering.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/cep.2023.01599

The changing trends in live birth statistics in Korea, 1970 to 2010

Jae Woo Lim

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2011;54(11):429-435. Published online November 30, 2011

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Although Korean population has been growing steadily during the past four decades, the nation is rapidly becoming an aging society because of its declining birth rate combined with an increasing life expectancy. In addition, Korea has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world due to fewer married couples, advanced maternal age, and falling birth rate. The prevalence of...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2011.54.11.429

Changes in birth rates of low birth weight and premature infants in Korea over the past 7 years

Min Hee Kim

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2008;51(3):233-236. Published online March 15, 2008

In recent years, Korea has experienced a steadily declining birth rate, which is a serious social problem in the country. Although living conditions have improved, the birth rates for low birth weight infants and preterm babies has increased because more and more women choose to give birth later in life and the social environment has changed. The rise in low...

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