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| Potential newlyweds are looking at wedding dresses at the 54th Wedex Korea held at COEX in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on 19. 2020.7.19 / News1 © News1 Reporter Kim Myung-seop |
Six out of ten citizens were found to have positive thoughts about living together, saying they could live together without getting married. On the other hand, women in their 20s and 30s and single women perceived marriage as a matter of choice rather than a necessity.
While the perception that married couples should have children declined, more respondents said they can have children without marriage.
According to the ‘Results of the Social Survey 2020’ published by the National Statistics Office on the 18th, the number of people who think that men and women can live together even if they are not married was 59.7% this year, 3.3 percentage points (p) more than 56.4% two years ago.
The survey was conducted on 38,000 people 13 years of age and older residing in approximately 19,000 sample households across the country.
As a result of the survey, the perception of coexistence has constantly improved since 2012. The responses in favor of coexistence in 2012 were 45.9%, 46.6% in 2014, 48.0% in 2016 and 56.4% in 2018.
It was analyzed that this was due to the diffusion of a social climate that did not recognize marriage as an essential part of single men and women.
The proportion of single men and women who had to marry this year was only 40.8% and 22.4%, respectively. On the other hand, 48.0% and 62.4% of single men and women who perceived marriage as a matter of choice, saying they may or may not marry, were higher than those who felt that marriage was essential .
By age, this perception was noticeable between 20 and 30 years, which is the age of marriage. In the case of 20 to 29 years old, 35.4% of those surveyed said they had to get married, but 52.0% said they would stop. Those aged 30 to 39 also answered that they should not get married (49.7%) but rather get married (42.2%).
Negative reactions to the wedding also increased. 74.3% of those surveyed thought that wedding culture was excessive, such as wedding expenses and ceremonial procedures, 3.7% more than two years ago. High-income households with a high median monthly income were found to be more likely to have excessive bridal culture.
The perception of childbirth has also changed. The perception that married couples should have children was 68.0%, 1.6 percentage points less than two years ago.
On the other hand, 30.7% responded that they can have children without marrying, 0.4 percentage points more than two years ago. If they want to have children but have difficulties giving birth, the respondents who would consider adopting and who would like to adopt were 19.9% and 10.9%, respectively, 2.4% p and 0.4% p more than it does two years.
71.0% of those who say they do not mind marrying a foreigner fell 1.6 percentage points in the same period.
His perception of Bongyang has also changed significantly. The perception that the family, the government and society should take care of their parents’ retirement together was 61.6%, 13.3 percentage points more than two years ago. On the other hand, the answer that the family should be responsible for the retirement of their parents fell 4.7 percentage points from 26.7% two years ago to 22.0% this year.
This perception was higher in higher-income households. 67.3% of households with an average monthly income of 6 million won or more said that the family, the government and society should be responsible for the support of their parents, and only 18.1% said that the family he must be responsible for the retirement of his parents. In contrast, for households with a monthly income of less than 1 million won, 27.3% responded that the family should take care of their parents’ retirement.
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