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More singles, fewer children

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More singles, fewer children
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THE declining birth rate problem being experienced by Jamaica, which has led to what experts describe as an ageing population, is being compounded by a growth in single-person households.

This is according to the 2023 edition of the Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC), a publication of the Planning Institute of Jamaica and the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (Statin).

The survey has tracked the decline in the average size of the Jamaican household since 2017, stating that it was “clear

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