Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin raises the alarm on the 33% decline rate.
: Marriages in the country has seen a declining trend within the Chinese community according to Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin.
From 2016, DoSM published statistics specific to marriages and divorce through the Marriage and Divorce statistics report containing data according to race which showed a decline in other races except the Bumiputera community. The Chinese community however, saw a 33% decline in marriages in 2016, 2020 and 2022, recording 9.8 marriages per a population of 1,000 in 2016 while 2020 saw a drop 3.5 drop to 6.3 marriages but rose to 6.6 marriages per population of 1,000 in 2022, indicating a 0.3 jump.The Indian community showed a 9% decline in the report with 12.2 marriages per population of 1,000 in 2016 decreasing to 11.1 marriages in 2022.
The study showed 56.0% of men listing financial difficulties, together with 18.4% having not found the right partner as a reason and 9.4% opt to prioritise their career development before tying the knot.
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