``1 in 3'' young people are positive about marriage = South Korea

In South Korea, the number of young people who think positively about marriage has decreased to ``1 in 3''. This rate represents a decline of more than 20% from 10 years ago.
On the 28th of this month, the Korea Statistical Office released a report titled ``Changes in Young People's Attitudes through Social Surveys,'' which contains the same content as above.
36.4% of young people think positively about marriage (as of May last year), which is 20.1% higher than 56.5% ten years ago (2012).
Diminished. The percentage of young people who are positive about marriage was 28.0% for women and 43.8% for men, down 18.9% and 22.3% from 10 years ago, respectively.
The main reason why young people think they will not get married is ``lack of funds for marriage'' (33.7%).
It was. This was followed by "I don't feel the need to get married" (17.3%), "The burden of childbirth and childcare" (11.0%), and "Anxiety about my employment status" (10.2%).
In addition, 80.9% of young people think that "a man and a woman can live together without getting married," an increase of 19.1% from 10 years ago.
On the other hand, 53.5% of young people think that ``Even if I get married, I don't have to have children.'' This percentage was 46.4% in 2018, 50.5% in 2020, and 5% last year.
It continues to rise at 3.5%.