Family and Population Changes in Singapore

<p>This book depicts the evolution of Singapore’s family and population landscape in the last half a century the related public policies and future challenges. Since the country gained independence in 1965 family and population policies have been integral to her nation-building strategies. The chapters discuss the changes in population compositions family structures relations and values among major ethnic groups. They also discuss policies for vulnerable populations such as female-headed households cross-cultural families same-sex partnering the elderly and low-income families. </p>