Marriage Data, Sweden & Japan
Interesting to note that people are delaying the time of their marriages, both in Japan and in Sweden (and I suppose in many other countries).
NHK World: Govt. report says Japanese getting children later
A government report shows more Japanese people are waiting to get married or have children. The report said in 2011, the average age at which Japanese men got
hitched for the first time was 30.7, and 29 for women. That's 2.9 years
higher for men and 3.8 years higher for women compared to 1980.
It also said that the average age for a woman to give birth to her first
child was 30.1, exceeding 30 for the first time ever. It rose by 0.2
years compared to 2010.
The Japanese marriage curve change seems to be following exactly the same curve as that for Sweden. Except, Japanese still marry about three years earlier, on average. No comment about that on NHK World, but you'd rarely see any such analysis on Japanese news. Anyway. We know that there are a tremendous amount of environmental chemicals and toxins around, and it would make sense if women had babies much earlier, say, in their teens, not later.
Graph lifted from Statistics Sweden, a government agency with a terrific English website (if you care to know about things like Swedish harvest of fuel peat and whatnot) with my added points.
NHK World: Govt. report says Japanese getting children later
A government report shows more Japanese people are waiting to get married or have children. The report said in 2011, the average age at which Japanese men got
hitched for the first time was 30.7, and 29 for women. That's 2.9 years
higher for men and 3.8 years higher for women compared to 1980.
It also said that the average age for a woman to give birth to her first
child was 30.1, exceeding 30 for the first time ever. It rose by 0.2
years compared to 2010.
The Japanese marriage curve change seems to be following exactly the same curve as that for Sweden. Except, Japanese still marry about three years earlier, on average. No comment about that on NHK World, but you'd rarely see any such analysis on Japanese news. Anyway. We know that there are a tremendous amount of environmental chemicals and toxins around, and it would make sense if women had babies much earlier, say, in their teens, not later.
Graph lifted from Statistics Sweden, a government agency with a terrific English website (if you care to know about things like Swedish harvest of fuel peat and whatnot) with my added points.
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