This year's "Gender Equality White Paper" points out that it is necessary to inspect and review systems and policies in a wide range of fields, such as closing the wage gap between men and women, as marriage and family are diversifying. increase.
The "Gender Equality White Paper", which was approved by the Cabinet on the 14th, has a special feature on the theme of "marriage and family in the age of 100 years of life."
In it, government surveys and statistics show that marriage and family shapes are changing.
Specifically, according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the number of double-income households is on the rise, while the number of female-only housewives is on the decline. I am.
In addition, from 1980 to the adult, the number of single-person households for women over the age of 20 has increased 3.1 times, and the number of single-person households for men has increased 2.6 times.
Furthermore, in a survey conducted by the Cabinet Office last year, when asked why single women did not want to get married, "I don't want to be tied up with marriage" was the most common, followed by "I haven't met my favorite person." "have become.
In light of these circumstances, the white paper points out that it is necessary to inspect and review systems and policies in a wide range of fields, such as closing the wage gap between men and women, as marriage and family diversification.