42% of young men and women ”not thinking about children”... ”Not having children even with increased government support” = South Korea

A survey revealed that nearly 43% of unmarried men and women in South Korea have no intention of having children. Of these, 55% maintained their stance of not having children regardless of government policies and corporate support.
On the 1st, the Korea Peninsula Future Institute, together with research company Enbrain, conducted an in-depth survey on marriage and childbirth among 2,000 men and women aged 20-49 nationwide.
As a result, about half of the unmarried men and women (1,164 people), or 53.2%, answered that they had the intention to marry. 27.4% said that they had no intention to marry, and 10.6% said that they had the intention to marry.
The percentage of women who said they had no intention of getting married was higher (34.6%) than men (21.5%).
As for reasons for not wanting to get married, men cited 'financial insecurity' (20.1%), while women cited '
"Because I think people are happier living alone" (17.6%). 42.6% of respondents said they had no intention of having children, with more women (52.9%) than men (33.1%) giving this answer.
By age group, the highest percentage of people not wanting to have children was in their 40s at 63.9%, followed by those in their 30s and 20s at 35.2% and 23.6%, respectively.
The reason women do not want to have children is because they "don't feel the need to have children."
The most common answers were, "Because I don't have the financial means to care for and raise children" (13.9%), "Because I can't afford it" (12.7%), and "Because educating my children is so expensive" (10.7%).
Men gave up because they felt their employment situation or job was unstable (17.9%), they could not afford to care for and raise children (16.0%), and they did not feel the need to have children (
However, many respondents said that even if they had no intention of getting married or having children, they could change their mind if government policies and corporate support were expanded.
Of the 544 unmarried men and women who had no intention of getting married, 38.6% were in the floating group who could change their mind if government policies and corporate support increased.
61.4% were in the fixed group who were sticking to their single-parent views, regardless of government policies or corporate support. Of the 1,245 people who had no intention of having children, 44.1% were in the fixed group who were sticking to their single parent views, regardless of government policies or corporate support.
On the other hand, 55.9% maintained their intention not to have children regardless of government policies and corporate support.
Among the government's measures to support the declining birthrate, 'expansion of childcare leave and salary support' is the first
The highest score was 73.4 points out of a possible 00 points. The following were also mentioned: 'Monthly support for parents' salaries and child allowances' (70.5 points), 'Reduction in children's hospital expenses' (68.4 points), 'Child care support projects' (
In terms of corporate support, the top three were 'support for children's education expenses' (72.0 points), 'support for children's childcare expenses' (70.7 points), and 'expansion of public nursery schools and kindergartens' (63.7 points).
Highly rated were the 'automatic childcare leave system' (69.9 points), the 'reduced working hours system during childcare period' (69.0 points), and the 'mandatory childcare leave system for men' (68.8 points).