今日のボヤキ 2/23
先日から首相の発言によって世間をざわつかせている”子育て””次世代の育成”ですが、これからを担うZ世代はどのように考えているのでしょうか。
BIGLOBEは2月21日、「子育てに関するZ世代の意識調査」の結果を発表した。同調査は2月7日～9日、全国の18歳～25歳までの男女500人を対象に、インターネットで実施した。
将来の結婚と子どもについて尋ねたところ、「将来結婚して、子どもがほしい」(44.9%)が最も多く、「将来結婚もしたくないし、子どももほしくない」(36.1%)が続いた。「将来結婚というかたちにこだわらなくても子どもはほしい」は9.4%、「将来結婚はしたいが、子どもはほしくない」は9.6%となっている。「将来、子どもがほしくない」という回答は、合わせると45.7%を占めた。
男女別に見ると、男性は「将来結婚もしたくないし、子どももほしくない」(43.4%)と回答した割合が最も多く、女性は「将来結婚して、子どもがほしい」(52%)が最も多かった。男性は「将来、子どもがほしくない」 が51.3%と半数を超えている。
将来、子どもがほしくないと回答した人に、その理由を聞くと、「お金の問題以外」(42.1%)が最も多く、「(お金の問題とそれ以外の)両方」(40.2%)、「お金の問題」(17.7%)、という順になった。
お金の問題以外で子どもがほしいと思わない理由について尋ねると、「育てる自信がないから」(52.3%)、「子どもが好きではない、子どもが苦手だから」(45.9%)、「自由がなくなる(自分の時間を制約されてたくない)から」(36%)が上位となった。
https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20230225-2599330/?gpt=newspicks&utm_source=newspicks&utm_medium=rss
男女によって大きく回答が異なり、男性の方が子育てに対して消極的な意見が多いように見えます。以外にも、金銭以外での理由の割合が高く、仮に今導入しようとしている育児に関する改革をしたとしても現状を打破できるほどのものではないようです。
何を必要とし、何が原因なのかを調査し、どうすれば子供が増加し、子育てへのインセンティブになりうるのかをもう少し具体的に検討する必要がありそうです。
核家族化が進む中で、知己での協力体制や支援に関して期間、政策を子供が増えたら考えるのではなく、増やすための努力を政府にしてほしいものです。
English edition
Today's Blabbermouth 2/23
The recent statements by the Prime Minister of Japan have caused a stir in the world regarding "child-rearing" and "fostering the next generation," but what do Generation Z, who will be responsible for the future, think about this?
On February 21, BIGLOBE released the results of its "Generation Z Attitude Survey on Child Rearing. The survey was conducted via the Internet from February 7 to 9, targeting 500 men and women between the ages of 18 and 25 nationwide.
When asked about future marriage and children, the most common response was "I want to get married and have children in the future" (44.9%), followed by "I neither want to get married nor have children in the future" (36.1%). 9.4% of the respondents answered, "I want to have children even if I don't stick to marriage in the future," followed by 9.6% who answered, "I want to get married in the future, but I don't want children. The total of "do not want children in the future" accounted for 45.7% of the responses.
By gender, the largest percentage of men (43.4%) answered, "I don't want to get married and have children in the future," while the largest percentage of women (52%) answered, "I want to get married and have children in the future. More than half of the male respondents (51.3%) did not want to have children in the future.
When those who answered that they did not want children in the future were asked the reason, the most common answer was "other than money problems" (42.1%), followed by "both (money and other) problems" (40.2%) and "money problems" (17.7%).
When asked about reasons other than money issues for not wanting to have children, the top responses were "I am not confident in raising children" (52.3%), "I do not like children or am not good with children" (45.9%), and "I will have less freedom (do not want my time to be restricted)" (36%).
https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20230225-2599330/?gpt=newspicks&utm_source=newspicks&utm_medium=rss
Responses varied widely by gender, with men seemingly more reluctant to raise children. Other than money, the percentage of non-financial reasons is high, and even if the reforms related to childcare that are being introduced now would not seem to be enough to overcome the current situation.
It seems necessary to investigate what is needed and what are the causes, and to examine more specifically how to increase the number of children and provide incentives for child rearing.
As the nuclear family continues to grow, I would like to see the government make efforts to increase the number of children, rather than considering a period of time and policies regarding cooperation and support among acquaintances when the number of children increases.
