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“It is, in fact, a country of only children”, highlighted the same source, noting that only 27% of families have children and, among these, almost two-thirds have only one child.
In the European Union, large families (with at least three children) represent 13% of families with children, “double the proportion in Portugal (6%)”, according to the same source.
Single-parent families increased by 22% and the number of people living alone increased by 28%.
In the overwhelming majority of single-parent families (87.3%), the parent is a woman, which is 3.5 percentage points above the European average (83.8%).
“In Estonia and Sweden, in around a third of single-parent families, the parent is a man”, highlighted PORDATA.
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And this is how the Portuguese are becoming a dying breed. In order for any country to continue and maintain their indigenous population each couple needs to at least have a child to replace each of them. Unfortunately life is expensive at the moment and it makes sense why this isn't the case and why couples are limiting themselves to 1 child.
However, if the government decided to financially support THEIR OWN people rather than the boatloads of illegal immigrants whom they subsidise with everything they need, it wouldn't be as large an issue.
By Michael from Lisbon on 12 Jul 2024, 06:01
The West suffers from pathological altruism - caring more about trivialities and a permanent childhood mentality than with the survival of their own kind. When one is focused on the needs of others rather than one's own, a society begins to fall apart.
By Tony from USA on 12 Jul 2024, 23:48