Many men and women are making the decision to have children later in life. Why is this trend occuring? What are the impacts of this development on both family and society?

In the past, it is prevalent for a couple to get married and start a family at a young age.

However

, the situation nowadays is different as couples tend to delay having a child. There are a number of reasons for

this

trend and some impacts, both negative and positive. One of the driving forces behind

this

trend is the changing of

society

in employment. More and more educated women are entering the workforce and

as a result

, they get married and have children later in life.

This

is nearly incapable to change as women cannot combine both families and work properly. Having children has a high cost

such

as hospitalization funds, schooling, and clothing which makes couples prefer to have children late when their conditions are good enough.

For example

, couples from the countryside have low income and bad conditions would prefer getting to the city and wait until conditions are fine to have a child.

This

delay has led to several impacts on

society

and families.

First

, it can be more difficult for older women to get pregnant and they may experience more health problems,

such

as miscarriage, high blood pressure, or diabetes, during pregnancy. One impact that could be positive to

society

is that when couples concentrate on work, that country would have a strong workforce.

However

, when that generation of

workers

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worker

retires, the country will lack workers, and they need to pay for

labor

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

labour

export.

For example

, Japan has an

old

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older

workforce so they need to hire workers from other countries. In conclusion, several reasons have resulted in the fact that people delay having children and

this

has affected

society

, both negatively and positively.