14.6 percent of unmarried women in Japan stated they had no intention to ever get married in a survey conducted in 2021. This represented an increase from only 4.6 percent of single women who did not intend to ever marry in 1987.
Future marriage intentions of not yet married women in Japan from 1987 to 2021
*Sample numbers from previous survey editions are as follows:
1987: n=2,605
1992: n=3,647
1997: n=3,612
2002: n=3,494
2005: n=3,064
2010: n=3,406
2015: n=2,570
Original question: "From a lifetime perspective, which of the following matches your ideas about marriage?" (1. Intend to marry someday, 2. Do not intend to ever marry.)"
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