Number of newlywed couples ``decrease''...Childless ``46%'', annual income ``7.5 million yen'' = South Korea

A survey in South Korea revealed that ``last year, there were only 1,032,000 newlywed couples who registered their marriage within five years.'' This is a decrease of 69,000 pairs in one year.
It is. Among newlyweds getting married for the first time, 46% said they had no children, which is the largest increase ever. In addition, while marriage and childbirth have decreased, newlyweds have
Women's incomes have increased significantly. On the 11th, the Korea Statistical Office announced the ``2022 Newlyweds Statistics'' with the same content. If you have lived in South Korea within 5 years since you filed your marriage registration as of November 1st of last year.
This applies to couples who are still married and have maintained their marital relationship. The number of newlywed couples decreased by 69,000 (6.3%) from 1,101,000 in 2021 to 1,032,000 last year.
In 2015, when related statistics began, there were 1.472 million newlywed couples; in 2016, there were 1.437 million, 1.38 million in 2017, and 1.322 million in 2018.
The number of pairs is decreasing by 50,000 to 80,000 every year, from 1.26 million pairs in 2019 to 1.184 million pairs in 2020. If this trend continues, it is expected that the number of couples will fall below 1 million this year.
Of the newlyweds last year, 815,000 (79.0%) were married for the first time, and 214,000 (20.7%) were remarried. Remarriage rates increased from 19.9% in 2015 to 20.7% last year.
%. Among first-time newlyweds, 46.4% of couples had no children, an increase of 0.6% from the previous year (45.8%), marking the highest rate since statistics began. “There are children.”
The proportion of married couples decreased by 0.6% to 53.6%. "Dual income" increased by 2.3% from 54.9% in 2021 to 57.2% last year. As a result, the average annual income is 6790
10,000 won (approximately 7.52 million yen), an increase of 6.1% from the previous year. The income of both spouses working is 84.33 million won (approximately 9.33 million yen), and the income of only one partner working is 49.94 million won (approximately 5.5 million yen).
530,000 yen) was about 1.7 times higher.