Why are young Asians refusing marriage? - BBC World Service #shorts

Young people across Asia are delaying or forgoing marriage for a range of reasons, including high housing and living costs, job insecurity, and social expectations around marriage, gender roles and family life. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM South Korea’s slight fertility-rate increase over the past two years has reignited debate over whether government efforts to encourage dating, marriage and childbearing are starting to work. As countries across Asia grapple with ageing populations and persistently low birth rates, host Mariko Oi is joined by journalist Rachel Lee and author Simone Heng to explore whether measures such as dating-app subsidies, financial incentives and subsidised childcare can make a difference. ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #birthrates #southkorea #asia #dating #asiaspecific