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Chinese Are Getting Married Later

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The average age for people to get married for the first time in China rose from 24.89 to 28.67 years old between 2010 and 2020, with the age for men rising from 25.75 to 29.38 and that of women rising from 24 to 27.95. This means an increase of 3.63 years for men and 3.95 years for women during the decade. Meanwhile, the annual number of people starting their first marriage is falling, from 22 million in 2010 to 12.89 million in 2020.

These changes can be attributed to such factors as more education, higher costs of marriage life, greater competitio­n in the job market, and changing attitudes toward love and family, said Feng Wenmeng, a researcher with the Institute of Public Administra­tion and Human Resources under the Developmen­t Research Center of the State Council.

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