결혼하는 가장 큰 이유? "노년에 외롭지 않기 위해"

 

결혼하는 가장 큰 이유? 

   2013-11-26 16:11 The Korea Times

 

결혼하는 이유로 “노년에 외롭지 않기 위해”를 꼽은 응답자는 남성이 34 퍼센트인데 반해 여성은 52퍼센트가 넘는 것으로 조사됐다고 통계청이 밝혔다.

미혼남녀 각각 500명을 대상으로 조사한 결과다.

남자들이 말한 그 밖의 이유로는 행복해지기 위해 18%, 가정을 이루기 위해14%, 당연히 해야 하는 것이기 때문에 8.9%, 경제적 안정을 위해 7.35 % 아이를 갖기 위해 6%, 부모님께 효도하려고1.8% 가 있었고, 나머지는 기타 이유를 꼽았다. 

여성들이 말한 그밖의 이유로는  행복해지기 위해 12.72%, 경제적 안정을 위해 9.54%, 가정을 이루기 위해 7.07%, 아이를 갖기 위해 3.18% 가 있었다.

Singles marry because they fear late-in-life loneliness

 

Singles marry because they fear late-in-life loneliness.

Fear of loneliness in later life is the primary reason for getting married, said Statistics Korea.

According to their study, singles aged 25-39 took up 27.4 percent of the total population in 2000, but the number soared to 44.3 percent in 2010. This is because the marriage age is getting older, and people refuse to get married.

In 1990, the average age of men getting married was 27.79 and women 24.78 but this rose to 29.28 and 26.49 in 2000.

Out of 500 men and 500 women, a third of the men surveyed (34.12 percent) said they marry because they fear of loneliness when they get old, while more than half of the women surveyed (52.65 percent) answered the same.

Other reasons for getting married for men were “to be happy” (18.64 percent), “the need for family” (14.70), “because it’s a must” (8.92), “for financial stability” (7.35), “to have children” (6.04) and “to make my parents happy” (1.84).

 To the same question, women said “to be happy” (12.72 percent), “for financial stability” (9.54), “because it’s a must” (8.48), “the need of family” (7.07) and “to have children” (3.18).