More than 36% of newlyweds had no children in 2016
Social affairsDec 28, 2017
More than 36 percent of newlywed couples had no children last year, reflecting the country's chronically low birthrate and late marriage trend, government data showed Thursday.According to the data compiled by Statistics Korea, 1.44 million couples got married in the five years up to November 2016, with 80.1 percent consisting of first-time brides and grooms.Of that total, 36.3 percent of newlywed couples had no kids last year, up 0.8 percentage point from the previous year. The proportion was 4