The Living Situation of Single Persons

Abstract

AAer World War II, as the idea of the modern family spread, most young people got married, and staying single was seen as an exceptional phenomenon institutionally and in terms of custom, with no models that treated them. But aaer the 1980s, the number of unmarried and divorced people increased. As a result, the increase in middle-aged single people has recently come to be seen as a problem. e life situations of middle-aged single people are varied in nature. Over half live with their parents. eir economic situations also vary, but the income of single people living with their parents is relatively low; only their parents support permits them to lead reasonable lives. As for their emotional life, there is a trend for singles without partners to satisfy their need for intimacy externally. In the future, many singles living with their parents will become aged. AAer the death of their parents, they will suuer from serious problems in their economic and emotional lives.