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Data on Single Unwed Parents' Age at Birth of Child

Debated in Parliament on 5 Mar 2024.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Social and Family Development for statistics on the age of single unwed parents at the birth of their child from 2022 onwards.
The Minister provided data for 2022 showing 540 citizen mothers with non-marital births below 35 years old, 22 aged 35 to 36, and 141 aged 36 and above.
The Minister noted that data for 2023 is not yet available.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

#1

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Social and Family Development for each year from 2022, how many single unwed parents were at the time of the birth of their child (i) below 35 years old (ii) between 35 and 36 years old and (iii) 36 years old and above, respectively.

Masagos Zulkifli B M M

#2

The number of citizen mothers with non-marital births1 in 2022 was 540 for mothers below 35 years old, 22 for those 35 years old and 141 for those aged 36 and older. The 2023 data is not yet available.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Social and Family Development for statistics on the age of single unwed parents at the birth of their child from 2022 onwards.
The Minister provided data for 2022 showing 540 citizen mothers with non-marital births below 35 years old, 22 aged 35 to 36, and 141 aged 36 and above.
The Minister noted that data for 2023 is not yet available.

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