Since 2002, the marriage rate and divorce rate in China have changed significantly. Between 2013 and 2017, China's marriage rate dropped from 9.9% to 7.7%. In addition, China's divorce rate gradually increased from 0.90% in 2002 to 3.2% in 2017. What is this phenomenon? Why are more and more people reluctant to marry or even choose to divorce?
In addition, in 2017, civil affairs departments and marriage registration agencies at all levels registered 10.631 million couples in accordance with the law, down 7.0% over the previous year; 4.374 million couples went through divorce procedures in accordance with the law, up 5.2% over the previous year. According to the reporter from Nandu, the population aged 60 and above has risen rapidly since 2005; the divorce rate has continued to rise for 16 consecutive years; the marriage rate has declined since 2014.
The number of people aged 60 and over has been increasing year by year
For the aging of population, the international common view is that when a country or region's population aged 60 or over accounts for 10% of the total population, or the population aged 65 or over accounts for 7% of the total population, it means that the population of this country or region is in an aging society.
According to the latest data of the Ministry of civil affairs, by the end of 2017, there were 240.9 million people aged 60 and over in China, accounting for 17.3% of the total population, including 158.31 million people aged 65 and over, accounting for 11.4% of the total population, far more than 10%
The reporter from Nandu found that since 2005, the number of people aged 60 and above has increased year by year, and the proportion of the total population has also increased from 11.3% in 2005 to 17.3% in 2017; the proportion of people aged 65 and above has also increased from 8.9% in 2010 to 11.4% in 2017
According to the bulletin, by the end of 2017, there were 1600 institutions for the aged, 20000 legal aid centers for the aged, 64000 coordination organizations for the aged, 49000 schools for the aged, 7.04million students in school and 35000 activity rooms for the aged. There were 26.822 million senior citizens enjoying the senior subsidy, an increase of 13.9% over the previous year. There were 613000 senior citizens enjoying the nursing subsidy It was 51.5% higher than the previous year, and 3.544 million elderly people enjoyed pension service subsidies, up 25.3% over the previous year
In addition, there are 155000 various pension service institutions and facilities nationwide, an increase of 10.6% over the previous year, including 29000 registered pension service institutions, 43000 community pension institutions and facilities, and 83000 community mutual aid pension facilities; there are 7.448 million various pension beds, an increase of 2% over the previous year. At present, there are 309 pension beds for every 1000 elderly people.
The marriage rate has declined since 2014
It is understood that in 2017, civil affairs departments at all levels and marriage registration agencies handled a total of 10.631 million couples of marriage registration in accordance with the law, down 7.0% over the previous year, including 41000 couples of foreign-related, overseas Chinese and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents. In 2017, 25-29 years accounted for the largest proportion of the total marriage population, accounting for 36.9%
In 2017, 4.374 million couples went through divorce procedures in accordance with the law, an increase of 5.2% over the previous year, including 3.704 million registered divorces by the Civil Affairs Department, and 669000 divorces by court judgment and mediation.
It is noteworthy that since 2002, the marriage rate and divorce rate in China have changed significantly. Nandu reporter noted that in 2002, the marriage rate in China was 6.10%. In the following years, this group of data has been on the rise, but began to decline in 2014. Between 2013 and 2017, China's marriage rate dropped from 9.9% to 7.7%. In addition, China's divorce rate gradually increased from 0.90% in 2002 to 3.2% in 2017
The reporter also noted that the age of marriage registration has also changed in recent years, and the phenomenon of "late marriage" is obvious. For example, before 2012, 20-24-year-old citizens registered for marriage accounted for the largest proportion of the total marriage population. Since 2012, the number of 25-29-year-old citizens registered for marriage has been increasing year by year. Since 2013, 25-29-year-old citizens registered for marriage account for the largest proportion of the total marriage population.