MONEY or LOVE?～Percentage of unmarried people in Japan～

(日本の未婚率について)

Moe Hatta (E-3)

Yui Uetsuki (M-3)

National Institute of Technology, Tsuyama College

March 1, 2016

First, some notes:

1. We will give our presentation in English. But we want you to understand! So we will give some translations.

2. Also we will ask you some questions! So please listen carefully.

私たちは英語でプレゼンテーションをします。ですが、私たちはみなさんに理解して欲しいと思います。なので、いくつかのこのような翻訳文をだしていきます。

いくつかの質問も出しますので、注意して聞いてください！

Introduction

We researched about percentage of unmarried people in

Japan and which is more important, MONEY or LOVE in our life.

What’s the reason people choose MONEY or LOVE?

We researched and considered how these problems are

related each other.

人々がお金、もしくは愛を選ぶ理由はなんでしょう。私たちはこれらの問題がどのように互いに関係しているかを調べました。

Secondary research (資料調査)

1. Percentage of unmarried people

In recent years, percentage of unmarried people is increasing in Japan.

Look at Fig.1.

It shows change of this problem from 1920 to 2010.

Fig.1

1990

The percentage has risen considerably from 1990.

1990年から割合が急上昇！

Regarding Fig.1…Percentage of men suddenly rises from 1990.Around 1990, the proportion of men and women are reversed.

Now, we have two problems aboutmarriage.First is economic disparity and secondis love disparity.So, this shows us the problems of

今、私たちは結婚について２つの問題を抱えています。

１つめは経済格差、２つめは愛の格差です。よって、これらは私たちに、“愛かお金か”

の問題を問うています。

2. Why do some people choose not to marry?

Look at Fig.2. (厚生労働省)

It is a survey done by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

The most common reason is 『Do not come across a good partner』,second is『Do not have economic power』

The first is related to LOVE, the secondis related to MONEY.

Fig.2

Primary research （アンケート調査）We asked 5 questions to the students in the Electronic Engineering class and Mechanical Engineering class.

1. Do you want to marry in the future?

2. Why do you want to marry?

3. Why do you want not to marry?

4. Which is important in your life, LOVE or MONEY ?

5. Why you think (LOVE) or (MONEY) is important?

And we asked some questions to professors in our school.

Results of Electronic Engineering class and Mechanical Engineering class…

It is result of Q.1 『Do you want to marry in the future?』

Most of the people want to marry in the future with Q. 1.

People who said “no” turned out fewer than we thought.

We found that a lot of people want to get married.

Question 1

Yes

A little

Don't think so

No

With Q. 2 『Why do you want to marry?』

Question 2Live with beloved person

To become rich

For social status

Meet the expectation of the parents

Other

“Other” opinions wereIn E class… I want a child / We can assign role (do dishes? clean the room?)In M class… I want a child when I get older / Being alone is lonely

Beloved person(愛する人)

Social status(社会的地位)

Meet the expectation of the Parents

(親の期待に応える)

With Q. 3 『Why do you want not to marry?』

Question 3Want to work hard

Not interested

Worry to found a beloved person

Other

“Other” opinions wereI want to spent money freely / I want my free time

With Q. 4 『4.Which is important in your life, LOVE or MONEY ? 』

Question 4LOVE!

MONEY!

私たちはお金の方が多いと予想していましたが、

ほんの少し、愛の方が多いという結果になりました。

There was slightly more love than money.We expected that there would be more answers for money.

Some students said 『Money can’t buy love. 』 and 『Love can’t buy money.』 with Q. 5 . They are reverse opinions. It’s very interesting.

In this research, we learned that most people want to marry and they think love is more important than money in their life.

学生のみなさんは『お金で愛は買えない』『愛でお金は買えない』と、Q.5で言っていました。これらは真逆の意見です。これはとても面白いことだと感じました。

この調査で、わたしたちが思っていたよりもたくさんの人結婚したいと思っており、彼らは人生の中で愛の方が大事だと言っていました。

And one of student said,

“Compare life to managing a company, if you spent 15 million yen for sales of 10 million yen, this company would be in the red. “

In the some way, “if you make sacrifice for a man (a woman) who’s annual income is 10 million yen, then I think this life is in the red.”

ある１人の学生さんは、『人生を会社経営に例えると、売上1000万円のために経費1500万円がかかると、

その会社は赤字になります。それと同じように、年収1000万円の男性(女性)のために精神的健康や自由な家で好きな人と一緒にいられないのを考えると、その人の人生は赤字だと思うからです。』

と言う意見をくれました。

Professors said…Q. LOVE or MONEY, which is most important in our life?

・Money. It is a necessary thing.

・Money. To pay for education for children.

・I can't say which one is more important.

Emotional side and physical side are complementary like

two wheels of a car.

どちらが大切とは言い切れない。精神的な面と物質的な面は車の車輪のように相補的であると考えられるから。

お金。余裕の有無に左右されず必要なものだから。

お金。子供に教育を受けさせるため。

Professors said…Q. What do you think about marriage?

・If you want to marry, you should. If you don’t, you shouldn’t.

But it is important not to trouble other people.

・I think it was a great wish of my parents.

・Common law marriage is Ok too. You can’t live alone, also there is the importance of bearing offspring.

事実婚を含め、したほうが良いと思う。一人では生きられないし、子孫を残すということも大事である。

望むなら結婚すればいいし、望まないならしなくていい。でも、他人に迷惑をかけないのが大事。

両親の願いが大きかったと思う。

Conclusion

We have told you about LOVE or MONEY, which is important in our lives,

and about the percentage of unmarried people in Japan.

As we said, the percentage of unmarried people is rising now.

But our research shows that most students want to marry.

And the thoughts of the students and the thoughts of the professors were different. So possibly our thoughts may change when we become adults.

Conclusion

・ Some strengths our research: We did pretty good secondary research,

and did some primary research.

・ Some weaknesses of our research: We need more secondary

research, and more primary research.

・Overall, we think the problems of unmarried people is very difficult to

understand, and all people have many thoughts about love and money.

Q&A

Do you have any questions?

(in English or 日本語)