Divorced Man: "If You Look Young, Age Gap Can Be Overcome"... What Do Divorced Women Think?

Survey Results from Marriage Information Company OnlyU
Highest Proportion of Women Remarrying + Men Marrying for the First Time

Divorced singles (돌싱, returned singles) who wish to remarry hope that their remarriage partner's age is the same or similar to their desired age when there is little difference in other conditions. Additionally, men and women showed completely different reactions regarding the importance of the remarriage partner's age.

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On the 8th, OnlyU, a remarriage-specialized matchmaking company, announced the results of a survey conducted in collaboration with the matchmaking company Bienarae from the 2nd to the 6th of this month. The survey targeted 538 divorced singles nationwide who wish to remarry (269 men and 269 women).

According to the results, regarding the proportion of age among the conditions for a remarriage partner, 38.3% of men and 36.4% of women responded that age was "'if possible, the best choice' (like the saying 'if conditions are the same, choose the one advantageous and good for oneself)'." This was followed by ▲one of several conditions (men 27.1%, women 26.1%) ▲one of the top 3 conditions (men 23.4%, women 24.5%) ▲just a reference (men 11.2%, women 13.0%).

When asked "In what aspect is the remarriage partner's age important?", men and women showed completely different responses. For men, 'young image' was the most common at 30.1%, followed by ▲physical condition (24.2%) ▲forming empathy (18.2%) ▲mutual intimacy (14.1%).

For women, the highest proportion answered 'mutual intimacy' at 28.3%, followed by ▲forming empathy (22.3%) ▲young image (18.6%) ▲physical condition (15.6%).

When asked "What advantages in a remarriage partner would allow you to relax the age condition?", men overwhelmingly chose 'youthful appearance' (31.2%), while women chose 'financial stability' (41.6%). For men, the following were ▲financial stability (23.1%) ▲no burden of children (20.1%) ▲good sexual compatibility (17.8%). For women, the order was ▲no burden of children (21.2%) ▲matching codes (16.0%) ▲youthful appearance (14.5%).

Women Remarrying + Men Marrying for the First Time... Highest Proportion Among All Remarriages

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Meanwhile, in 2022, Statistics Korea released a report titled "Status of Divorce and Remarriage in Korea," analyzing 30 years of divorce and remarriage data from 1982 to 2012. According to the report, the proportion of women remarrying and men marrying for the first time among all remarriages increased from 15.1% in 1982 to 26.9% in 2012, becoming the highest proportion among all remarriages. Conversely, the proportion of men remarrying and women marrying for the first time decreased by more than half, from 44.6% to 19.2% during the same period.

In the past, the proportion of couples where men remarried and women married for the first time was high, but from 1995, the number of women remarrying and men marrying for the first time began to surpass this. This indicates a tendency among men marrying for the first time not to consider a woman's previous marriage experience as a problem when choosing a spouse.

One notable phenomenon in remarriage trends over the past 30 years is that the rate of increase in women's remarriage is much higher than that of men. Specifically, women's remarriage increased by 227.6% over the past 30 years, nearly 2.5 times the 93.5% increase rate of men's remarriage.

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