Young Chinese don't rush to marry. According to data from the Ministry of civilian Affairs (chin. 民政部), in the first half of that year marriages made 3.43 million couples. This is simply a decrease of 12.7% compared to the erstwhile year, which was a evidence low level. 10 years ago (2014), up to twice as many fresh marriages were registered.
In quarterly terms, the situation is even little optimistic. In the second 4th of this year, 1.46 million couples faced civilian officials in China, a decrease of 34.8 percent compared to the first quarter.
Experts in a declining number of marriages delegate various factors, including economical force (increase in surviving costs), changing social standards, matrimony patterns across the country (e.g. the request for the groom to own his own apartment). In addition, there has been a systematic decline in the number of "married" people, as has been observed since 1980.
Another origin shaping the trend is the different position of women in China. More and more young Chinese women have better education than men's peers, higher incomes, and that makes them the conditions, given the possible of a higher quality of life and career development.
According to experts, socio-economic factors play a key function in young people's decision to marry. If young people are unsure about the stableness of employment and career improvement and their income expectations are not met, a large part of them simply decide to postpone their matrimony decisions. They take it (possibly) only erstwhile they accomplish the economical conditions.
Over the past 10 years, the average age of matrimony by men has increased from 25.75 to 29.38 years and for women from 24 to 27.95 years.
Both authorities and experts agree that in order to address the observed (with concern) trends, it is essential to:
- make efforts to grow and enrich online dating platforms services,
- creating a little stressful working environment
- ensuring wider access to housing
- make the labour marketplace attractive for young people.
Based on:
- baijiahao.baidu.com;
- sohu.com;
Author: 梁安基 Andrzej Z. Liang, 上海 Shanghai, 中国 China
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Editorial: Leszek B.
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