Selangor looking at ways to stem drop in fertility


Anfaal (right) looking at some of the data presented at the Selangor State Population Seminar 2024 in Shah Alam. — RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star

SELANGOR hopes quality data will help the state government formulate suitable policies to address the lower birth rate in the country.

Women, family empowerment, welfare and care economy committee chairman Anfaal Saari said with the national total fertility rate (TFR) having dropped from 2.1 children in 2010 to 1.6 in 2022, Selangor was concerned that this would impact the nation’s socio-economic growth.

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