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Originally Posted by RealJames
Thanks, from mhlw.go.jp? I'm having a difficult time navigating that site to find info lol, but I do like seeing hard numbers!
edit; check this out
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/youran/aramashi/kekkon.pdf
I'm quite surprised to see how fewer and fewer people are living together before marriage, I would have assumed the number was increasing! |
It's from here:
Statistics Bureau Home Page/Chapter 2 Population
Looks like we are seeing the same numbers.
If the mean age is around 28.6 or 28.8 for women to get married that means half the women get married below this age, and half marry above this age (for the first time). Since that well is over three years above the magic "25" number. This means a majority (and dare I say, a large majority, as the mean age isn't 25.3) are marrying after the age of 25.
So despite the idea that women over the age of 25 are too old and unmarryable, that's how the MAJORITY of modern society does it. Therefore it is safe to say that the notion that if you are not married by 25 you are a "Christmas cake" or are an old maid is outdated. Some may still think so, but that is a not the modern generation.
I can find you people that think women shouldn't be able to vote and drive, but that doesn't mean they are part of the majority and aren't a dying breed.