<P align=center><FONT face="trebuchet ms"><STRONG><FONT color=#009900 size=4><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">More Educated Women Have Less Chance of Getting Married</SPAN></FONT></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face="trebuchet ms"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New findings show that women with a higher level of education have a lower chance of getting married in Korea. </SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The </SPAN><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1226636893_0 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Korea Development Institute</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> released a study on the reasons for Korea's </SPAN><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1226636893_1><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">decreasing birth rate</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> and found that the number of women delaying or foregoing marriage has been increasing steadily since the 1990s. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="trebuchet ms"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It found that </SPAN><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1226636893_2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">higher education levels</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> in women was partly responsible for the trend as women with more schooling had a lower chance of getting married by as much as 8 percent. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="trebuchet ms"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A bigger paycheck lowered the rate by another 45 percentage points. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="trebuchet ms"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Other factors such as the high cost of housing and children's education were also shown to make marriage less attractive, further lowering the marriage, and subsequently, </SPAN><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1226636893_3 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">birth rates</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="trebuchet ms"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">VOCABULARY</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">forego (v) - To abstain from</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">subsequently (adv) - At a later time; afterwards</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="trebuchet ms"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">QUESTIONS</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1. Do you agree that the more educated a woman is, the less chance she has of getting married? Why or why not?</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2. What do you think is the relationship between education and marriage? </SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">3. Do you think men who are more educated also have less chance of getting married? Why or why not?</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">4. According to the article, what are the reasons why the number of women foregoing marriage has increased? Give other possible factors.</SPAN><BR></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">5. How does the Korean society treat women who have opted to stay single throughout their lives?</SPAN></SPAN></P></SPAN></FONT>
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