통계청, 신혼부부 37.5% 자녀 없다... 맞벌이, 무주택자, 무자녀 비중 높아져<br /><br />Data suggest more newly married couples in Korea are holding off having children.<br />Of those who married in the five years through 2017, the number without kids was higher than the period a year earlier.<br />The data suggest the reason might be the cost.<br />Kim Ji-yeon has the details. <br />The number of newly married couples in Korea that are not bearing children is on the rise... especially those that are double-income households or with no residence under their name.<br />Data released by Statistics Korea on Tuesday shows that in November, 2017... 37-point-5-percent of one-point-one-million couples that registered for marriage certificates between 2012 and 2017... have responded that they're not raising children.<br />That's a one-point-two-percentage-points increase compared to the previous year.<br />Double-income households, which comprise nearly 45-percent of all newlyweds, were found to be more likely to not have children compared to households that relied on a single breadwinner.<br />The average yearly income of the newlyweds overall soared by nearly 5-percent on-year to an estimated 46-thousand-700 U.S. dollars.<br />The majority of newlyweds were found to have a loan balance in financial institutions... most of them recording between 88-point-five-thousand and 177-thousand dollars.<br />Data also showed those that did not own a residence were more likely to not have children than newlyweds who already owned a home.<br />The proportion of newlyweds that owned a residence... mostly apartments,... increased slightly from the previous year to 43-point-6-percent in 2017.<br />Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News.
