Demographers ringing alarm bells: Czech birth rate falls to lowest level since 1785

Honestly, raising a child today is insanely expensive and mentally demanding. It’s not surprising people are choosing stability first, even if it means having fewer kids or none at all.Nowdays everything is getting costly

So a few reasons:

1. People cannot afford to build a house
2. People can live only on rents
3. People cannot find or afford rent (Airbnb, not enough housing, etc. – Especially in Prague)
4. Czechia has second worst mental health situation in Europe right after Ukraine (for young people mainly) PS: Our country is not in war.
5. Saleries dont match costs.
6. Raising more then one childern with two people and avg. salery is very hard
7. More old people then young (thus they vote for parties who manipul- prioritize older over young, and so on)

etc. etc.

I also noticed that educated forginers are often paid better then locals with the same ed. (from what i saw, tho it may just look like it to me idk, it’s just hilarius to see from time to time a forginer on r/Prague “Is my [3x higher salery then avg.] good enough to live?” kind of posts)

The situation for young people is not good + populist gov. voted in by old population which outnumbers younger.

I’m an young adult, and due to our demographic crisis, politics, costs of living, saleries, etc. my current plan is to finish ed. and move out to western europe. (+ learning langauges, etc. which i like as a hobby anyway)

I dont see a reason why to stay:
– i’m a young person who is western-oriented (Czechia is doing well in this case, but still lacks behind more
western countries + less pro-EU, NATO, etc.)
– bisexual (saying bcs Czechia is kinda 30y in the past which such stuff)
– old/undecuated people beside being easily manipulated to vote for parties which will not improve the life of younger really
– due to the demographic crisis i would have to work more on old people (who are dicks often to young
besides)
– Higher saleries
– I speak English and can learn new languages
– Housing crisis/high rents (and related stuff)
etc.

People simply dont want em

Mammals (and many vertebrates) often experience reduced reproduction when afraid or highly stressed. Fear triggers stress hormones that directly hinder reproductive performance, suppressing mating behavior, causing lower conception rates, and sometimes leading to reproductive failure, as stress often prioritizes survival over breeding.

In addition to the economic and political reasons already mentioned, the lower birth rate between roughly 1995 and 2005 is also to blame. So there are now fewer young adults who are able to have children.

Ironically, my younger brother, who has a child, falls into this group, while I, being a few years older and part of a larger generation, am childless.

Why would I want to raise a child when I’m only *just* able to afford living for myself and my partner?

Man i wonder what makes people make children again. We should install policies so that houses and apartments get even more expensive and nothing gets built. And we should never increase pay of workers ever. We should import more economic migrants for low paying jobs so that there are no free apartments. Surely all this help the last few people who still want children.

Cue comments of people upvoted to 1K saying “it’s the economy, housing, etc.” like every single other thread just to not accept the more credible and easy answer of people simply not wanting to have children and to spend the time investment required to raise them

Maybe capitalism was a mistake if you wanted to provide for society. It’s great at concentrating wealth for a few people that comes at the cost to everyone else…

It’s due to our collective pension systems. It encourages free riding.

What happened in 1785?

What are demographers going to do in the future?