The Ministry of Civil Affairs announced the marriage data in the second quarter. The number of marriages has dropped significantly. What does it mean?
There is a hot topic on Zhihu: What do you think of the Ministry of Civil Affairs’ announcement that in the second quarter of 2022, the number of marriages in the country will decrease by 440,000 year-on-year?
The number of marriages has dropped again.
The last hot search was that the age of first marriage was rising across the country, and the age for young people to get married has risen to around 30 years old.
According to the data released this time, the number of marriages has decreased by 440,000, which is only the data for the second quarter.
Behind this data, we have to think: Why is the desire of young people to get married getting lower and lower?
Do not marry, take the initiative to be single, do not want to have children.
Young people's views on marriage and love are changing as the environment changes.
What are the reasons why young people are unwilling to marry?
1. Economic pressure, life pressure, work pressure
Factors at hand: work and financial pressures.
In recent years, there is no need to say more about what kind of life everyone is living.
Some are out of work, some are stuck at home, some are unable to work, and some have lost their income.
And waiting for them, there are living expenses, as well as repaying the mortgage and car loan, and supporting the family.
When young people are exhausted even to maintain the most basic life, what energy and thought do they have to fall in love and get married?
See a set of data on the Internet:
A considerable number of post-90s have an average debt of 127,000 yuan.
What concept?
Once they have no income for several months, it means that they will enter a bigger crisis.
How can you fall in love without money?
How to get married without money?
No matter boys or girls, when they lack sufficient financial foundation, they have no courage and are unwilling to consider marriage.
2. Young people’s views on marriage and love are always changing
Some young people finally realized a problem:
"I can live a good life alone, without pressure, and my parents don't need me to provide for the elderly for the time being; if I get married and have children, I don't have the ability and confidence to run a good family."
Therefore, they would rather live a carefree life alone.
Don't be too anxious, don't need to join the ranks of introversion, don't need to be "chicken babies", and don't need to think about the emotional conflicts between husband and wife after marriage.
more importantly:
There are some post-90s and even post-95s, and there are many "only children" among them.
The only children have been used to living alone since childhood.
When a person lives alone, all the resources of the family are poured on themselves, so they have no expectations for marriage.
At least, not so much to look forward to.
You can fall in love and meet your emotional needs;
But let them transition from love to marriage, they have to weigh it.
3. Young people are unwilling to join the "game" of marriage
Marriage is a game, but also an exchange of interests.
This is a conspiracy.
For boys:
To get married, you need a house, a car, dowry, three gold, wedding expenses, various expenses and human relations.
For girls:
When you get married, you need to pay a dowry, and you need to change your identity and life.
In this game, everyone wants to maximize their own interests, and no one wants to suffer losses.
You will find that those who finally choose to marry are those who "have no choice".
They had no way to choose their own lives, but entered into a state of marriage in a daze.
In this game, there is no winner, only lose-lose or win-win.
4. No extra energy to get married
I have a friend who has been working overtime for a month, and he said that he would be "tired like a dog" every day.
He didn't dare to stop, because his parents were both unemployed and he was the only one in the family who worked and made money.
There are also mortgage payments every month, and various expenses for supporting the family.
He works hard every day, which already takes up a lot of his time.
In order to have more time to rest, he even gave up some social activities.
The biggest joy of every day is to come home from get off work, eat and drink enough, and then go to sleep.
Think about nothing, worry about nothing.
Recently, he also fell in love with the World Cup. Only this kind of leisure time belongs to him alone.
It's not that he hasn't considered falling in love and getting married, but after weighing the pros and cons, he thinks it's better to live alone.
There is a heart of love, but no spirit of love.
5. Attitudes towards marriage have changed
Remember the hot search some time ago?
One is the Zhangjiajie bride who betrayed her marriage the day before the marriage;
The other is a rebel who "rides alone for thousands of miles" for love. The boy works part-time to earn money for his wife to study, but the wife falls in love with other boys at school.
Under these series of negative influences, young people's attitudes and ideas about marriage have changed unconsciously.
Negative mentality, thinking that you are not capable, and you will not be so lucky to meet the "right person" to marry.
In fact, there is no good way for young people to increase their motivation and confidence in marriage in the short term.
The best way is to let young people have confidence and see hope.
The economic base determines the marriage and love market.
Today's topic:
How do you see the number of marriages falling again in the second quarter of 2022?
Why do you think young people are reluctant to get married?
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