a new comprehensive government report
sheds light on
lifestyle and demographic trends among
south korean women
a greater number of whom than ever
before are living alone
more women are choosing to work rather
than getting married and starting a
family
and for those who do have families and
want to work at the same time
child care needs mean they aren't able
to work as much
omg young has the details
in south korea the number of women
living alone last year rose by about
40 percent compared to 10 years ago to a
total of 3 million 94
000. that's according to a report on the
lives of women in south korea released
jointly on wednesday by statistics korea
and the ministry of gender equality and
family
according to the report the number of
first marriages last year
was 184 thousand a figure that's also
been decreasing for 10 consecutive years
the average age at which a woman gets
married for the first time was
30.6 men got married on average
three years later the number of first
marriages has been decreasing because
the perception that married life is good
is changing and more women have been
participating in the economy
the number of births last year came to
303 thousand
down 32 percent since 2009. baby girls
accounted for
49 of them in the first half of this
year
the number of women working fewer hours
due to child care increased dramatically
due to covet 19.
at around 6900 it was far higher than
the figure for men
on the bright side life expectancy
continues to rise
life expectancy for girls born in 2018
was almost 86 years an increase of 1.5
years since 2012.
there was a gap of about six years
between men and women
however the average age people consider
themselves healthy has been falling for
both genders
more time spent in the hospital in their
later years has apparently reduced their
perceived quality of life
the report also said that in the
national assembly women were
19 of the representatives and accounted
for one-third of government ministers
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