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Chinanews client, Beijing, October 11 (Reporter Li Jinlei) Recently, the marriage situation of rural youths, especially the "difficulty in choosing a spouse for rural older male youths" has aroused heated discussions.
What are the reasons behind the difficulty in choosing a spouse for older male youths in rural areas?
How to crack it?
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Phenomenon
Difficulties in choosing a spouse for young males in rural areas
Recently, the Hunan Xiangyin County Government website published a reply from the County Civil Affairs Bureau on the CPPCC member's "Recommendations on Paying Attention to the Difficulty of Choosing a Spouse for Older Rural Youths".
The reply stated that the difficulty in choosing a spouse among older rural youths is now common and prominent. It encourages rural young women to stay in their hometowns and strive to reduce the proportion of rural young men and women who are out of balance.
This matter was reported by the media and sparked a heated discussion among netizens.
The marriage situation of rural youth has received much attention.
According to media reports, statistical departments in many places issued documents this year saying that according to the "Notice of the Office of the National Bureau of Statistics on Doing a Good Job in Research on Key Topics in 2021" and the "Notice of the National Bureau of Statistics on Conducting Research on Rural Youth Marriage Relations", selected regions Conduct surveys on rural youths’ marital relations.
Survey reports on the marriage relationship of rural youths released in many places also mentioned the difficulty of choosing a spouse among older male youths in rural areas.
Among them, the "Survey Report on Marriage Relations of Rural Youth in Qingdao" pointed out that it is difficult for older male youths to choose a spouse.
Men who are unmarried and have no relationship partner accounted for 32.40%, 6.71% higher than women (25.69%).
31-35 years of age are unmarried and have no romantic partners. Males account for 9.46%, which is 7.57 percentage points higher than females (1.89%).
An investigation report on marriage relationships among rural youths in Qingdao.
Exploring the cause
What are the reasons for the difficulty in choosing a spouse for rural young men?
-There are more men than women.
The results of the seventh national census showed that the male population was 723.34 million, accounting for 51.24%; the female population was 688.44 million, accounting for 48.76%.
There are 34.9 million more men than women.
Among them, there are 17.52 million more men of marriageable age between 20 and 40 than women, and the sex ratio is 108.9.
At present, there are many married young people in rural areas with more men than women. In many places, there is a phenomenon that "boys have to line up for blind dates, and girls can be picked for blind dates."
The "Survey Report on the Marriage Relations of Rural Youth in Lishui" published on the official website of the Lishui City Statistics Bureau pointed out that there are obviously more left-behind men than women, leading to more "leftover men".
The "Survey Report on Marriage Relations of Rural Youth in Qingdao City" pointed out that rural young women have settling in the city as their goal; unmarried older men stranded in rural areas have poor cultural quality and weak economic foundation, making it difficult for young women who have adapted to the urban living environment and rhythm. The formation of attractiveness has led to a serious imbalance in the ratio of male and female youths left behind in rural areas.
——The income is not high.
"The income level of rural youth is not high. Nearly half of the survey respondents have an annual income of 10,000 to 50,000 yuan." According to the analysis of the "Qingdao Rural Youth Marriage Relations Survey Report", there is a lack of economic foundation, no stable income, and poor economic conditions. The primary restriction for rural young men to choose a spouse; poor personal image or ability is also a stumbling block for unmarried rural young men of school age.
The "Survey Report on Marriage Relations of Rural Youth in Lishui" also pointed out that the lack of stable income is the most important reason for the unmarried young males of rural school age; the high standards of mate selection and the reluctance to marry are the two most important reasons for the unmarried young females of rural school age. The number of activists is increasing and needs to be taken seriously.
——The bride price is too high.
Investigation reports released in many places all mentioned the problem of high cost of marriage.
The "Survey Report on Marriage Relations of Rural Youth in Qingdao City" pointed out that "highly-priced gifts" has become an unbearable burden for peasant families.
The wedding expenses of rural young people include the purchase of independent wedding houses, dowry gifts, wedding banquets, purchase of family cars, and purchase of gold and silver jewelry. The average cost is more than 300,000 yuan.
Marriage expenses are mainly borne by the man’s family, and the man’s total cost is 17.42% and 55.06%, respectively.
The "Survey Report on Marriage Relations of Rural Youth in Ningbo" pointed out that according to the results of the questionnaire, the average marriage cost of rural youth in Ningbo reached 307,800 yuan, of which the highest was 2 million yuan.
Marriage expenses are mainly borne by the man.
The survey found that most rural wedding gifts and gift money customs still exist, and the amount is not low, starting at an average of 100,000, and most people think that having a house is a prerequisite for marriage.
Many places are popular for "not moving" (cars and houses), "all purple and thousands of red" (ten thousand purple 5 yuan and 1,000 red hundred yuan bills)...houses, cars, and wedding gifts are the "three new pieces", and the cost of marriage continues to rise. Become the fetters of rural young men entering marriage.
Data map: The newcomer signs the proposal.
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Relief
How to solve the difficulty in choosing a spouse and getting married in rural young men?
To solve this problem, we need to prescribe the right medicine, take multiple measures, and comprehensively implement policies. It is necessary to increase the income of farmers by developing the economy, reduce the cost of marriage by curbing the sky-high price of gifts, provide precise marriage services, and improve the ratio of left-behind young men and women in rural areas, as well as young men. Give full play to your subjective initiative and strive to improve yourself.
The "Survey Report on Marriage Relations of Rural Youth in Qingdao City" recommends attracting promising young people of the right age to return to their hometowns for employment and entrepreneurship to develop and prosper the rural economy.
Accelerate the development of rural economy, increase income, and improve living standards and quality.
Efforts will be made to improve the literacy of rural youths, and to be farmers in the new era with ideals, skills and responsibilities.
By organizing online and offline dating activities, it provides more accurate and effective services for single rural youths to matchmaking, making friends and choosing mates, and promote beautiful marriages.
The "Survey Report on the Marriage Relations of Rural Youth in Lishui" suggests that various measures should be taken to change customs, actively promote new marriages and frugality, establish a civilized and healthy new marriage customs, and reduce irrational behaviors such as blind comparisons, extravagance and waste in the marriage process.
Do you have any good suggestions?
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