但是，随着韩国经济的发展，育儿成本的提高，女性劳动力参与率的上升，生育率显著下降，20世纪80年代降低到2以下。
But, as South Korea’s economy advanced, child-rearing costs rose, and female labor-force participation increased, the fertility rate declined dramatically, dropping below two in the 1980s.