Well-known Chinese news site Sina (NASDAQ: SINA) recently reported that, according to the newly published “China Population and Employment Statistics Yearbook 2023” compiled by the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, late marriage has become a common phenomenon in China. By the end of year 2022, the rates of unmarried persons among various age groups are:
- Around 51.3 percent are unmarried in the 25-29 age group,
- 18.4 percent unmarried the 30-34 age group, and
- 8 percent unmarried in the 35-39 age group.
The unmarried rate among 29-year-olds is 34 percent. In other words, about one in three 29-year-olds is unmarried.
Judging from the age structure of the married population in China since 2010, the age of marriage (and especially the age of first marriage) is now significantly older. China’s average first marriage age in 2020 is 28.67 years old, an increase of 3.78 years from the average first marriage age in 2010 (24.89 years old).
Competitive pressure for employment and longer years of education have resulted in delayed marriage and childbirth. In big cities, young people have a relatively high degree of independence in social life, which has also greatly affected the rate of marriage and age of marriage.
Source: Sina, December 28, 2023
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