Thus, the population of our country is getting ever more dense because of such a geometrical progression increase, whereas, the area of our national land remains the same. According to a statistical survey, it costs 4,360,00 won (one U.S. dollar is equal to about 500 won) to give a son or daughter a proper education up to college. When the expense for bringing up is added, a total of 12,740,000 won is needed per capita for raising and education. In other words, 50,000 won per month has to be spent per person for a period of 26 long years. Having too many children is bound to make the household living difficult, as expenditures for education increase accordingly. Giving birth also may be detrimental to the health of mother and child, at the same time.Therefore it is for the belief of every family and children and for the well-being of the nation itself "to stop at two regardless of son or daughter" and raise them well.

The government of the Republic of Korea has exerted itself, since 1961, to promote family planning at the cost of almost 20 billion won. As a result the population-increase rate, dropped down to 1.7 percent as of the end of 1976 as compared with 3 percent for 1960. The rate is still high, however, when compared to 1.0 percent prevalent among advanced countries.