[Photo] More and more S. Korean women don’t view marriage as necessary
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Posted on : Jul.1,2019 16:32 KST
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Percentage of S. Korean men and women who view marriage as necessary. Women(red) Men(green) Unit: %
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South Korean women are increasingly viewing marriage as optional rather than necessary. According to Statistics Korea, 43.5% of women in South Korea view marriage as necessary, as opposed to 52.8% of men. This figure dropped from 47.6% in 2016. Considering 67.9% of women considered marriage necessary in 1998, the figure has dropped more than 24.4 percentage points in 20 years.
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