No Date, no money, and working stress — over 80% Taiwanese women are not married

Figure the percentage of unmarried female with the different age spans

Original article: http://www.thenewslens.com/post/33013/ (Chinese news)

Translated by Andrea Chuang

Directorate-general of Budget and Accounting, Taiwan, has published a survey investigated the marriage and occupation statuses of nationwide females over 15 years old. It pointed that the percentage of getting married late in life is much higher than before, and the total percentage of unmarried female is 32.55%, and the peak is in the group of 25-29 years (~80%), which increases most in last 20 years.

As the figure displayed, the percentage of unmarried female is 28.52% in 1993, 29.71% in 2003, and 32.55% in 2013 ( increase around 3% in the last decade). The ascending trend seems getting faster and faster recently.

Universal higher education universal higher employment rate are the main reasons

Under 24 years old, the females mostly concentrate on their academic works, and then it makes the percentage of unmarried is as high as 97%. Receiving higher education was not that common in the early stage of Taiwan, however, the social concepts and structure has been changed dramatically and the education period in the females' lives has extended currently. Thus the extending education period delays both in getting into employment and marriage. Otherwise, most female labors are in the industry of commerce and services, and their working places may be broader than before, so these working women would not decide to enter into another family life that soon.

Financial and working stress are the associated reasons

According to the results of this survey, three main reasons to make the females unmarried are "lacking dates", "lacking money", and "working stress." Except the first reason, the other two are related to the recent social structure. Since the modern females mostly are working, they have more responsibility to help the financial status of their original families. Additionally, lower wages and higher house prices are another concerns. In conclusions, stable wages, sharing the housework, and having similar family plans are three main incentives for the modern women to get married. If they could keep their jobs, it motivates them to get married.

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