[경제]Last year, at least 210,000 marriages have been recorded…

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Marriage, which has been declining year after year since 2012, hit a record low last year.

Marriage has been postponed or canceled due to coronavirus, and housing problems and job slump overlap.

Couples who have lived together for more than 20 years have increased their twilight divorce.

Reporter Oh In-seok on the report.

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Last year, the number of marriages was 214,000, down 10.7% from a year ago.

It is the lowest since 1970 when relevant statistics were written.

The rate of decline was the second highest, the first in 23 years since 1997 during the financial crisis.

The number of marriages has declined for nine consecutive years since 2012.

It crashed to 200,000 units in 2016, and now we are on the verge of entering 100,000 units.

The declining number of people in their 30s, the main age group for marriage, is considered the cause of the decline.

Last year, the number of people in their 30s decreased by 194,000 compared to the previous year.

The changed values ​​have also had an impact.

According to a survey by the National Statistical Office, only 51.2% of people think that marriage is a must.

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In the late 30s for men and in the late 20s for women, marriages declined the most.

Among first-married couples, the number of couples with older women increased 0.9 percentage points to 18.5%.

Marriage to foreigners was 15,000 cases, which was more than 30% less than a year ago, and restrictions on entry due to corona had an impact.

The number of divorces last year was 107,000, down 3.9% from a year ago.

In particular, divorces for more than 20 years accounted for the largest share, accounting for 37.2% of the total.

Divorces more than 30 years ago increased by 10.8% from a year ago, more than twice as many as 10 years ago.

YTN Oh Inseok[[email protected]]is.

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