According to a survey conducted on WeChat in China in the end of 2021, around 30 percent of female respondents and 44 percent of male respondents believed they could commit to only one person to be in a life-long relationship with. At the same time, a higher proportion of surveyed women had doubts or felt that they could not make such a life-long commitment.
Share of people in China who believe they can commit to one romantic partner in a life-long relationship as of November 2021, by gender
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Do you believe you can commit to one person to be in a life-long relationship with?
Among 2,628 survey respondents, approximately 73 percent were female and 27 percent were male; nearly 60 percent were single people and 28 percent were in a relationship but not married; around 92 percent were born after 1990; nearly 97 percent had undergraduate/college or higher educational degree; around 65 percent were from 1st tier and new 1st tier cities and around 17 percent were from 2nd tier cities.
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