Japanese Women Staying Single

According to an article in the Malaysia Star, Japanese women are deciding not to marry.

In the past ten years, women who never married:

Japan, age 25-29, increase from 40 to 54 percent.

United States, age 25-29, the current rate is 40 percent.

England, age 25-29, the current rate is 65 percent.

Japan, age 30-34, increase from 14 to 27 percent.

United States, age 30-34, the current rate is 23 percent.

England, age 30-34, the current rate is 39 percent.

Number of children per woman:

Japan, 1.29

United States, 2.01

England, 1.63

"Many Japanese women, however, see a single major reason for their growing distaste of marriage: men who expect their wives to cheerfully surrender their jobs or juggle a career while single-handedly serving their husbands and caring for the kids." The article quotes goverment studies as showing " men spend on average less than 10 minutes a day on housework while working women put in two hours."

The article also states that government officials are concerned that this trend will mean future labor shortages and lack of support for the elderly.
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