Duo: 81.4% of Unmarried Young Adults Want to Marry... Meeting a Spouse and Shared Values Also Factor Into Marriage Decisions
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The share of unmarried young adults in Korea who said they intend to marry was 81.4%.
In deciding whether to marry, meeting a suitable spouse mattered more than timing, and the most common response, at 37.1%, was "I want to get married if I meet someone I want to marry."
Economic foundations and easing financial burdens were cited first as conditions for marriage and childbearing and child-rearing.
Duo said it highlighted young adults' intention to marry, meeting a spouse, and values as factors in marriage decisions, using results from the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry's "Korea-Japan Youth Awareness Survey." The survey found that Korean young adults showed a high level of intention to marry.
The share of unmarried young adults in Korea who said they intend to marry came to 81.4%. That indicates that a majority of unmarried young adults in the survey expressed an intention to marry.
However, the survey also found an awareness that meeting a spouse suited to oneself matters more than timing itself in deciding whether to marry. Among the points Duo highlighted, the most common response was "I want to get married if I meet someone I want to marry," at 37.1%, followed by "I want to get married someday if possible" at 35.7% and "I want to get married right away" at 8.6%.
As a prerequisite for marriage, an economic foundation was cited as the top priority. Responses saying stable employment and income for oneself and one's spouse are needed came to 51.8%, while responses saying housing cost burdens need to be eased came to 47.1%.
Among the responses from a total of 4,000 young people in Korea and Japan aged 20 to 39, the share for the childbearing and child-rearing environment was 32.6%. The share for a culture of sharing housework and child care was 29.6%, and the share for providing opportunities to meet a spouse was 21.8%.
Among young people in Korea, the share who said they want children came to 76.8%. As for the ideal number of children, the largest share, 52.6%, chose two.
However, the top condition for childbearing and child-rearing was easing economic burdens, at 56.0%. Although many Korean young adults said they want children, easing financial burdens was cited as the top prerequisite for actually having and raising them.
The marriage agency industry explained that, in looking for a spouse, demand remains steady for a comprehensive consideration not only of occupation and financial conditions but also of temperament, values, and future lifestyle direction. This was interpreted as a trend in step with interest in the childbearing and child-rearing environment, a culture of sharing housework and child care, and the provision of opportunities to meet others.
A Duo official said that even among young people with an intention to marry, the importance of criteria for choosing a marriage partner is growing. The official added that there is a tendency to check mutual values and lifestyle direction and to consider long-term relationships.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Gyeong-ju
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407815
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