Table 2:

Descriptive statistics by sex at wave 1 JLPS (as percent)

	Definitely want to marry	Want to marry if possible	Don’t care if marry or not	Not thinking about marriage	Don’t want to marry
Men (n = 1,247)
Total	37.3	37.5	13.4	9.1	2.6
Age
20–24	41.4	36.6	10.4	9.3	2.3
25–29	40.2	33.7	12.4	11.5	2.2
30–34	33.9	41.8	14.9	7.3	2.2
35–40	27.8	39.2	19.9	8.0	5.1
Educational attainment
High school or less	30.9	40.2	14.5	12.1	2.3
Two-year college	30.3	39.0	16.1	11.0	3.5
University or more	43.4	35.5	11.7	6.8	2.5
Employment status
Regular/full-time	39.4	37.3	14.7	6.7	1.8
Nonstandard/part-time	32.7	38.6	9.9	15.3	3.5
Self-employed	33.8	39.4	14.1	8.5	4.2
Not employed	36.6	37.0	12.7	10.2	3.4
Women (n = 1,091)
Total	44.2	34.9	12.7	5.7	2.5
Age
20–24	53.1	31.6	8.5	4.8	2.1
25–29	45.1	37.5	10.5	5.7	1.3
30–34	41.4	31.8	19.2	4.0	3.5
35–40	18.4	44.0	22.0	10.6	5.0
Educational attainment
High school or less	36.5	35.2	14.2	11.0	3.2
Two-year college	43.3	36.4	11.6	6.2	2.5
University or more	49.1	33.3	13.2	2.4	2.1
Employment status
Regular/full-time	45.4	34.2	12.7	4.8	2.9
Nonstandard/part-time	37.7	39.7	13.0	7.3	2.3
Self-employed	40.0	28.0	24.0	4.0	4.0
Not employed	50.0	31.2	11.2	5.8	1.7