The national marriage rate has dropped five times in a row. Why are there more and more unmarried people?

The decline in the marriage rate is related to the overall demographic factors. In 20 18, the annual birth population in China was15.23 million, 2 million fewer than that in 20 1723, and the natural population growth rate was 3.8 1‰. In 20 18, the national birth rate was 10.94‰, which was further lower than 12.43‰ in 20 17. The national birth rate has not slowed down, and by 20 10, it is only 1 1.9‰. With 22 as the marriage age, the population born at 20 10 will enter the stage of marriage and childbearing around 2032. Experts believe that one of the reasons for the decline in the marriage rate is that the proportion of people who choose not to get married is rising, especially women.

How can you have time to get married when you have no chance to fall in love? This reflects the plight of young people in cities today. Even young people with stable relationships, many of them said that they dare not "talk about marriage" easily. Xu Shan, a white-collar worker in Shanghai, bluntly said, "The cost of living is rising, and it is inevitable to consider the cost of having children and raising children after marriage." The transition from an individual to a family is not easy. Relatively high housing prices in economically developed areas have also delayed the pace of young people entering marriage to some extent. Yuxian bluntly said: "Without a house, my mother-in-law is definitely unwilling, and it is not convenient to live in a shared house."

Lu Jiehua, a professor of sociology in Peking University, once said that with the development of economy and society, the concept of marriage and childbearing between generations has changed greatly. For many "post-80s" and "post-90s", it is more and more common to get married late and not get married. Social inclusion is also improving, and marriage is no longer the only choice. On the other hand, the increase in the cost of living and childcare in modern society is also one of the reasons for the decline in people's willingness to get married.

On the positive side, behind the decline in marriage rate are many marriageable women who are not bound by marriage, are economically independent and live freely. Moreover, many marriageable men can do laundry and cook, or order take-away dry cleaning, and their dependence on women has weakened. When many marriageable men and women become more and more independent and self-centered, their desire to get married is not so strong, which will affect the marriage rate. From this perspective, it is normal for the marriage rate to continue to decline.