Motherhood has a profound effect on the lives of many women and with Mother’s Day approaching this Sunday, we’ve released the results of our ‘Sentiments towards Motherhood’ study, which explores what women across 4 Southeast Asian countries think about the possibility of motherhood, and some of the considerations they have before deciding to enter this new phase of life. The study was conducted in April 2022 with N=500 women without children each in Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Top reasons for wanting children:
Adjusting to life with a new baby can be enormously challenging and will take time. Entering motherhood requires one to be prepared - and to prepare - for many factors; as “natural” as childbirth is, in reality, parents have to be well-informed about parenthood to ensure that children can grow up in the right environment
The key considerations for motherhood highlighted in this study are:
Mental health care before and after childbirth emerged as top area that women want to learn about (66%) (eg. postnatal depression, which has been talked about more commonly recently), followed by ‘infant/childhood development’ (65%) and ‘finance management’ (65%)
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Methodology
Based on a Milieu Insight survey with N=500 women without children each in Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines, conducted in April 2022.
Motherhood has a profound effect on the lives of many women and with Mother’s Day approaching this Sunday, we’ve released the results of our ‘Sentiments towards Motherhood’ study, which explores what women across 4 Southeast Asian countries think about the possibility of motherhood, and some of the considerations they have before deciding to enter this new phase of life. The study was conducted in April 2022 with N=500 women without children each in Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Top reasons for wanting children:
Adjusting to life with a new baby can be enormously challenging and will take time. Entering motherhood requires one to be prepared - and to prepare - for many factors; as “natural” as childbirth is, in reality, parents have to be well-informed about parenthood to ensure that children can grow up in the right environment
The key considerations for motherhood highlighted in this study are:
Mental health care before and after childbirth emerged as top area that women want to learn about (66%) (eg. postnatal depression, which has been talked about more commonly recently), followed by ‘infant/childhood development’ (65%) and ‘finance management’ (65%)
Featured on adobo magazine.
Methodology
Based on a Milieu Insight survey with N=500 women without children each in Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines, conducted in April 2022.