The Two Faces of Office Workers' Views on Marriage... Not Essential in Life but Still Desired

Incruit Survey on Marriage Values Among Office Workers
"Marriage is Essential" Most Common Among Employees of Large Companies
Top Reason for Wanting to Marry: "Emotional Stability"

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Among 10 office workers, 7 want to get married, but 6 out of 10 believe that marriage is not essential in life.

On the 10th, Incruit announced the results of a survey on marriage values conducted with 653 office workers. According to the results, 60.2% of respondents answered that "marriage is not essential." By company size, 43.8% of large company employees, 40.0% of mid-sized company employees, and 38.7% of small company employees answered that marriage is "essential," showing some differences. The type of workplace with the highest percentage of respondents who do not want to get married was "public enterprises and public institutions" (39.1%).

HR tech company Incruit conducted a survey on marriage values among 653 office workers. Photo by Incruit

Differences by gender also emerged. Among male office workers, 50.3% said marriage is essential, while 49.7% said it is not, showing somewhat similar figures. In contrast, among female office workers, 75.3% responded that marriage is not essential, about three times higher than the 24.7% who said it is "essential."

Also, when unmarried office workers were asked if they want to get married, 66.6% answered "yes," and 33.4% answered "no." The top reason for wanting to get married was "for emotional stability," at 57.5%. This was followed by "because of the desire to have children" (17.6%) and "because I think marriage is something that must be done" (8.4%).

On the other hand, the most common reason for not wanting to get married was "not feeling the necessity of marriage" (39.7%). This was followed by "lack of financial stability" (23.7%) and "not having found the right person" (17.6%).

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