More people born between 1980 to 1989 are remain single compared with the decade before, a survey found.
The reason is not fully known, but the survey says cohabitation may play a role.
Nearly one in five men and one in eight woman in the age of the group av never married, according to the Fudan Yangtse River Delta Social Transformation Survey. Back in 2005, official figures showed that the ratio of men and woman between 30 and 34 who remained unmarried was 12% and 7%.
"This is the most relevant data we could find to show a generally growing trend, although the age brackets differ., said Shen Ke, associate professor at Fudan University's School of Social Development and Public Policy and a Leader of the Survey.
" We cannot draw a conclusion wether some in the age bracket are just postponing marriage or have given up on it. We also wonder wether the ratio of people who remain single will continue to rise as an other Asian Countries, such as Japan and South Korea." she said.
Peng Xizhe, a professor at the shool and the lead researsher fo the project, said the team will find the answers.
Cohabittion contributes to the fact that growing number of people remain single, according to the survey, in which 40% of the respondents said they cohabited before getting married. Cohabitation use to be taboo in China, where many have a traditional conservative attitude towards sex.
"For many, cohabitationis not a substitute for marriage but a taste of married life to see wether they enjoy it or not. About 60% of the survey respondents cohabited for up to half a year, and some broke up," Shen Said
Fudan's Centre for Popolation and Development Policy Studies and the Research Centre for Dataology and Data Science at the University followed 1,200 Shanghai residents born during the 1980's and their families over the past eight years for the survey, which aims to lay a foundation for future public policy-
Source: China daily/ Asia New Network
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