Tehran, YJC. Health Ministry says the educated are unwilling to have more than one child.
The
General Director of Population, Family, and Schools Health Office of the Ministry
of Health said "According to statistics from the 2011 census, the pregnancy
rate has reached 1.8 which has to be raised to 2.1. Meanwhile, the educated are
unwilling to have more than one child.”
Tasnim
reports Mohammad Esmail Motlaq saying "To prevent a negative growth of population,
which according to statistics will begin, if things go as they are, around
2040, it is necessary to take measures in order to take the index in the
shortest possible time to 2.1 (the replacement rate) and above.”