70% of selective surnames by married couple who can give their surname before marriage "agree" November 18, 5:04
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According to the latest survey by researchers and others, about 70% of the respondents agree with the "selective surname for married couples" who can give their previous surname if they wish even after getting married.
The survey was conducted last month jointly by Professor Masayuki Tanamura of Waseda University, who is familiar with family law, and the citizen group "Selective Married Couples' Last Name / National Petition Action" via the Internet, and 7,000 men and women in their 20s and 50s nationwide responded. ..
According to this, 71% of the respondents agreed with "selective married couples' surnames", saying that "other couples may have the same surname or different surnames".
On the other hand, 14% of the respondents disagreed, saying, "I have the same surname as my husband and wife, and other couples should have the same surname."
In addition, 94 people, or more than 1% of the total, said that they had given up on marriage or had a common-law marriage because they could not have a different surname.
In the survey, prefectures were also compared, and the percentage of approval was 77% in Okinawa and 75% in Aomori and Wakayama.
On the other hand, the percentage of approval was low in Ehime at 60%, Niigata at 62%, and Yamaguchi at 64%.
According to the citizens' groups that conducted the survey, it can be seen that the approval was significantly higher than the opposition in all prefectures, although there are differences depending on the region.