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2014 September 17 - 23 [LABOR]

Gov’t data indicates contingent employment is obstacle to marriage

An increase in lower paid, unstable jobs has constituted an obstacle for younger generations wishing to get married.

This was found in the survey results of young people in their 20s and 30s regarding marriage that the Cabinet Office conducted in 2010. According to the survey, only 4.1% of young males in their 20s who work as non-regular workers were married. The percentage of married non-regular workers in their 30s was also low, at 5.6%.

The survey clearly revealed that the increase in economic disparity would lower the marriage rate for young people.

The marriage rate among young workers earning less than three million yen a year is low, with the rate for those in their 20s and 30s at 8.7% and 9.3% respectively. The rate, however, rose to 25-40% when their annual income level exceeds more than three million yen.