2023-06-18 09:00:10
Want to read more>>What is the income limit for child allowance? When does maternity insurance apply? Key Points of Prime Minister Kishida’s “Children’s Future Strategic Policy”[Conference]
On June 13, the government announced the “Children’s Future Strategic Policy,” which is a specific measure for “countermeasures against the declining birthrate of a different dimension.”cabinet decisionDid.
How do pregnant and child-rearing parents evaluate each of the included measures? Pregnancy and childcare site “Babycam” will conduct an emergency questionnaire survey from the 14th.Preliminary results on the 16thpublicationDid.
Contents that evaluate “how much you are grateful” for 21 items from the “Children’s Future Strategic Policy” on a 5-point scale. As of the 16th, 430 people have responded.
“I am very grateful” was the most…
About 70% of the respondents, the largest number, evaluated that they were “very grateful” for “extending the payment period of child allowance for 3 years”.
Some say, “Until the child gets a job, it will cost money forever. Rather, the older the child, the more money it will cost, so it would be nice if the deduction was a little longer.” This is a time when expenses increase, so if you do it, it is better to have a child allowance plus a deduction.”
The next highest evaluation was “expansion of higher education (university, etc.) tuition exemption (free higher education)” (62.3%).
In particular, making higher education free of charge was the least rated low among all the items, and it seems that many people are looking forward to it.
The third highest evaluation was “covering maternity insurance” (57.2%).
While there are supporters such as, “I don’t know why they don’t do it. I don’t see the point in taking money even though they want me to have a child,” others say, “If the lump-sum payment for childbirth is abolished instead of being covered by insurance, it makes no sense. In addition, 6.5% of respondents gave a low evaluation, such as Caesarean section, abnormal delivery, and other births that were originally covered by insurance will end up being expensive.”
The number one countermeasure for “I’m not grateful” is…
On the other hand, the most “unthankful” measure was “Preferential treatment of flat 35 interest rates according to the number of children,” with 17.2% of respondents choosing the lowest rating of 1.
This is followed by housing-related measures, with “300,000 housing units in the next 10 years that families with children can preferentially move into” (16.5%).
This seems to have affected the low evaluation because the target audience was limited and the respondents did not know the word “flat 35”.
And the third “unappreciative” measure was “raise the childbirth and childcare lump-sum allowance from 420,000 yen to 500,000 yen” (15.8%).
“If it’s a countermeasure against the declining birthrate, it should be free instead of raising it. In addition, prenatal checkups should be free of charge.” It seems that it would definitely be better if postnatal care was free for half a year, or housekeeping services were free for half a year.”
This survey will be conducted until June 19th. The final statistical results and opinions will be sent to relevant parties such as the Children’s Future Strategy Council and the Cabinet Secretariat.
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