Seoul, November 19 (IANS). Data released by South Korea has revealed that almost 7 out of 10 married women have to put brakes on their careers due to pregnancy and child rearing.
According to Korean statistics, the number of married women between 15-54 who left their jobs in the first half of this year reached 1.22 million, Yonhap news agency reported.
The agency said this year’s figure declined by 133,000, partly due to a decline in the total number of married women in this age group.
According to the data released, the total number of married women in the country has reached 7.65 million, which is about 290,000 less than a year ago.
According to the data, 41.1 percent of women who left their jobs cited raising children as the primary reason for the break. Whereas 24.9 percent women stopped working after marriage, while 24.4 percent cited pregnancy and child birth as the reason for leaving the job.
The data shows that 41.2 per cent of married women took a career break for more than 10 years, followed by 22.8 per cent who took a break at work between five and 10 years.
Let us tell you that there is a continuous decline in the birth rate in South Korea, a large number of people here are avoiding getting married and becoming parents.
According to preliminary data from Statistics Korea, the country’s total fertility rate will fall to 0.72 in 2023, the lowest level since the 1970s.
To encourage people to marry and improve fertility rates, the government has started offering various benefits and supports for child care. However, experts say that these measures have not yet had any significant impact.
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