SEOUL, Korea, Mar 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A study said the biggest reason for women to quit being part of the economically active population was marriage. Up until now, the main reason for women’s career discontinuity was childrearing. A ccording to a report “How to Raise Women Employment Ratio” published by the Federation of Korean [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A survey said four out of ten women in their age between 20 and 30 believe marriage is no longer something you have to do no matter what. According to Hyundai Economic Research Institute on February 12 based on a phone survey conducted for two weeks between January 8 [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Single Korean adults are becoming more and more nonchalant about marriage. Are growing trends of herbivorous men and carnivorous women actually contributing to this phenomenon? As reported in the preceding article concerning herbivorous men and carnivorous women in Korea, it seems that Korean men are becoming more inclined [...]
The total fertility rate of Korea, which is the average number of babies a woman can have in her lifetime, is still ranked near the bottom of the list among major OECD countries. The rate in the United States is over 2.0, while those for France and Britain are expected to exceed the 2.0 level [...]