Ratio of Japanese singles seeking marriage drops below 80% for first time
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Byung-kyu = A survey in Japan, which is deeply concerned about the worst birth rate in history, has revealed that 3 out of 10 unmarried men and women do not want children...
A report by the Japanese Population and Social Security Agency stated that 33.0 percent of single men and 32.4 percent of single women are reluctant to become parents.
More than 30% of unmarried young people, between 18 and 34 years old, in Japan do not want to have children, this being the highest percentage recorded since the time when comparable data became available, since the year 2002, showed a government survey on Friday. Men do not marry because they have no girlfriends, instead, women prefer to be alone, according to the data cited.
A survey of unmarried men and women aged 18 to 34 revealed that for the first time, over 20% of both sexes answered that they "never intend to marry." According to the "Basic Survey on Fertility Trends" published by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, when unmarried men and women aged 18 to 34 were asked about their intentions regarding marriage, 24.0% of men and 21.5% of women answered that they "never intend to m…
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