SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of single-member households were in the poor class and the proportion among senior citizens came to nearly 70 percent, a report showed Sunday. The relative poverty rate of one-person households came to 47.2 percent in 2020, compared with 15.3 percent for all households, according to the report [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The proportion of one-person households in South Korea hit a fresh record last year, data showed Wednesday, as more young people delayed marriages. One-person families accounted for 33.4 percent of the total last year, up from 31.7 percent the previous year, according to the data from Statistics Korea. It [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of single-member households in South Korea soared more than 27 percent in 2020 from five years earlier, government data showed Friday, amid a delay in marriage and a rapidly aging population. One-person families numbered 6.64 million last year, up 27.5 percent from five years earlier and accounting [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The portion of single-member households in South Korea surpassed 30 percent of the total last year, a government survey showed Sunday, amid an increase in diverse forms of families. One-person families accounted for 30.4 percent of the total in 2020, according to a survey conducted on 11,000 households by [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The portion of single-member households in South Korea surpassed 30 percent of the total for the first time in 2019, data showed Tuesday, amid a delay in marriage and rapidly aging population. One-person families accounted for 30.2 percent of the total last year, up 29.3 percent from the previous [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s market for processed meat products, such as sausages, has been growing steadily in recent years amid rising demand from single-member households, data showed Tuesday. The country’s processed meat market was estimated at 5.6 trillion won (US$5 billion) in 2018, up 2.4 percent from the previous year, according [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — One-person families will likely become the most common household type in all South Korean cities and provinces in the next 30 years amid the country’s low birthrate and rapidly aging population, data showed Monday. Households consisting of a single member are forecast to account for 37.3 percent of all [...]