Only half of South Koreans willing to marry; even less want kids


Among married South Koreans with at least one child, some 76 per cent say they do not plan on having any more children. - PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

SEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN): Only half of South Korea’s adult population is willing to get married, and fewer than half want to have children in the future, a new survey released on March 17 has shown.

The survey showed that among the 1,059 unmarried respondents – 19 to 49 years old – only 51.7 per cent said they wanted to settle down eventually.

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