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> As recently as the mid-1990s, only one in 20 women in Japan had never been married by the time they turned 50, according to government census figures. But by
by kalleboo 7y ago
> As recently as the mid-1990s, only one in 20 women in Japan had never been married by the time they turned 50, according to government census figures. But by 2015, the most recent year for which statistics are available, that had changed drastically, with one in seven women remaining unmarried by that age
If anyone is curious, the statistics for the U.S. look similar. https://i.redd.it/qn25qiv8fawz.png https://i.redd.it/qn25qiv8fawz.png
- TomK32 7y agoWith the difference quite likely being that Japanese children are rarely born out of wedlock as the article suggests.