Taiwanese singles prefer partners who have a steady job, preferably as a civil servant, teacher or engineer, while people who live on income from renting property also rank high on their list of desired partners, a survey by online job bank yes123 showed.
The share of married people is lowest in the 20-to-40 age bracket, at 76.2 percent, and 38.7 percent of respondents in that age group said they were single, the survey showed.
In the age group, 37.5 percent said they had a boyfriend or girlfriend, and about 60 percent said they are planning to celebrate Valentine’s Day, yes123 spokesman Yang Tsung-pin (楊宗斌) said.
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Male respondents who said they were single preferred potential partners with steady jobs, Yang said, adding that potential partners working as civil servants ranked first, at 33.9 percent, followed by professors or teachers at 32.3 percent, administrators or general staff at companies at 30.4 percent, those working at banks or as financial sector specialists at 28.1 percent, and models or others working in the entertainment industry at 25.5 percent.
For single women, potential partners working as engineers in the IT industry ranked first, at 32.2 percent, followed by people living on rental incomes at 30.3 percent, those working at banks or as financial sector specialists at 28.3 percent, professors or teachers at 26 percent, and medical professionals, doctors or nurses at 20.7 percent, he said.
Yang said that most singles participating in the survey were searching for partners who have an average monthly income of NT$50,000, which is about the average income for employees across all sectors in Taiwan.
However, Yang said that single women had higher expectations, searching for partners with an average income of NT$56,000 per month, than single men, who said they were searching for a partner with an average income of NT$48,000.
Among single men, 7.1 percent said their partner should earn more than NT$80,000, while 12.4 percent of women said they are searching for a high-income partner, Yang added.
Most singles said they would like to have a relationship in which both partners have a job and their combined income exceeds NT$100,000, he added.
This showed that singles who wish to start a family feel economic pressure, Yang said, adding that it is likely the result of high living costs in urban areas.
Many singles perceive their income as too low to start a family, leading them to postpone getting married and having children, while many also decide not to have children due to economic pressure, Yang said.
The survey was conducted this month and included 1,227 valid questionnaires, from 619 men and 608 women. Its confidence level was 95 percent.
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