# Why South Koreans Aren't Having Kids

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**Category:** Continuity\
**Tags:** korea, south-korea, fertility, population-collapse\
**Created:** [5 August 2023 14:53 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-south-koreans-arent-having-kids/3559 "2023-08-05T14:53:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hypatia](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/hypatia/32/100_2.png) [@Hypatia](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Hypatia)\
**Post date:** [5 August 2023 23:34 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-south-koreans-arent-having-kids/3559/8 "2023-08-05T23:34:31Z")

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No, reading through this and all comments, it’s not “the economy, stupid”. It’s longevity. If people didn’t think/ know they were going to live on well into their children’s adulthood, they wouldn’t be concerned about the expense of launching them.

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