translation: l have one kid - but if the government could give us some sort of subsidy we would definitely have more. translation: three - children, two are enough. even one is exhausting me. i am tired to death looking after these two. according to china's latest census birth rates are now at roughly now at 60s level. why is that? when you talk to young couples they will say, "i would rather give one child lots of chances then "spread my income over say, several children." another factor is that we now have generations of people who are completely unaccustomed to the experience of having brothers and sisters. for them small families as the way to go. 0therfactors, in the 1970s poor farmers wanted to have more children because each new human being was an addition to the family work unit. along comes affluence