{{The ratio of people in South Korea who think they should get married has been declining over the past decade, a survey showed Thursday, pointing to a growing trend here to delay or give up on marriage.}}<\/p>\n
According to the survey by Statistics Korea, the number of people who said that marriage is a must in their life stood at 62.7%. <\/p>\n
It is the lowest since the statistics agency started to unveil related polls in 1998 when the ratio was 73.5%.<\/p>\n
The ratio has been on the decline over the past decade. In similar polls conducted in 2002 and 2006, the figures were 69.1% and 67.1%. <\/p>\n
They stood at 68% and 64.7% in 2008 and 2010, respectively, the agency said.<\/p>\n
The fall is in line with the growing social trend here in which people tend to delay or give up getting married. <\/p>\n
Fewer marriages and the resulting fewer baby births are a major social issue that experts worry could undercut the country\u2019s overall growth potential.<\/p>\n
The survey is part of polls the agency conducted on five fronts, including family, education, health and the environment.<\/p>\n
About 37,000 people aged over 13 participated in the survey from mid-May to early June this year.<\/p>\n
Of the unmarried men surveyed, 60.4% said that they are in favor of getting married, while 43.4% of female responders said so, indicating a wide gender gap in the perception of marriage, according to the agency.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the survey also showed that 1.8% objected to getting married, which was lower than the 3.3% reported in the 2010 survey. Of the total, 33.6% said that either way would be OK. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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