1. The cost of marriage is extremely high.

According to a report by CNN in February, 2006, a survey of 16 19 newly-married women by a marriage book publishing house in the United States shows that the average cost of each marriage is $27,852, which is basically the same as that of China people. If calculated by purchasing power, the cost of marriage in China even far exceeds that in the United States, and even if calculated by exchange rate, the two are roughly the same-the cost of marriage for contemporary youth is extremely high, which has surpassed that in the United States.

(1) high-cost love. With the improvement of people's living standard and the change of lifestyle, the content and form of young people's love consumption have changed greatly. Low-cost love in the past has become people's memories, but now young people in love have already jumped out of this old model and replaced it with high-cost love. In Shanghai, love consumption has accounted for 1/3 of men's annual income. China Social Research Institute conducted a special survey on 100 couples, showing that 72% of couples spent12000-35,000 yuan in the whole process of love, taking the period from the beginning of love to marriage as the calculation unit, excluding large consumption expenses such as buying a house and decorating. 66% of lovers spend 1000- 15500 yuan on love. Lovers at different stages also show obvious differences in love costs, and income inequality will also lead to unequal love costs. In the early days of love, most of the gifts expressed between men and women are flowers, chocolates, necklaces, books and so on. It can be seen that courtesy is light and affection is heavy. Men's spending accounts for 40% of the total spending, and men basically pay the bill at this stage; In the middle of love, the gifts given by men and women are also upgraded to practical small leather goods, perfumes, lovers' watches, ornaments and other valuable and tasteful things. Various expenses account for 25% of the total cost. Compared with the early days of love, spending on clothing and tourism has increased, while spending on entertainment has decreased. Going to the mall for candlelight dinner and going out together have become the main choices. In the later period of love, various expenses account for 35% of the total expenses. As both sides begin to prepare for major activities, the consumption at this stage is highly targeted. Daily consumption of food, entertainment, etc. Basically, it has dropped to the level of maintenance.

(2) The cost of marriage is high. Recently, some websites have estimated the marriage cost of young people in several cities in China, and the marriage cost of urban youth is staggering. Estimates show that in these cities, the economic cost of marrying an upper-middle-class wife and man is staggering. Among them, 20 10, 2 1, on Monday, the city with the highest cost is Shanghai, which needs 1.4 million yuan, and the lowest Changsha also needs 634,000 yuan. It is estimated that the average cost of seven cities is 982,000 yuan. In addition to the huge property compensation of the man's family, the man also needs to work for an upper-middle class wife, without eating or drinking, with an average working time of 13.438+0 years. Among them, Nanjing needs the shortest working hours, and the working time needs 10 years, and Hangzhou needs 17 years. In fact, jiehunjingji's estimated cost only partially estimates the cost of love, wedding room and decoration, household appliances, furniture, wedding banquet, honeymoon and car, and does not include all wedding expenses, such as bride price, wedding photos, weddings and so on. Although the above results are based on the above-mentioned conditions, the estimated data are not accurate. It is generally understood that the United States forced the RMB to appreciate in ..................................................................................................................................., but as far as the estimated group is concerned, it can still reflect an approximate level of the marriage cost of this group, although there is a certain error.

Compared with the economic income of rural youth, the marriage cost of rural youth is also abnormally high. * * * The Communist Youth League Anniversary Municipal Committee conducted a survey among rural youth in the city. In 2005, the annual per capita income in rural areas was more than 2,700 yuan. According to the calculation of a family of three, it takes at least ten years to organize a marriage.

2. There is a significant difference between urban and rural marriage costs.

With the development of society, the rural economy in China has developed rapidly, the exchange rate of Taiwan dollar against RMB and the living standard of farmers have improved to a certain extent, and the marriage cost of rural youth has also increased. At present, the marriage cost of rural youth may be between 20-65438+10,000 yuan. On the other hand, the marriage cost of urban youth is much higher than that of rural areas, which is nearly 10 times lower than the lowest value. This shows that the difference between urban and rural marriage costs is still obvious.

3. Young men are the main undertakers of marriage costs.

There is a big difference between men and women in the overall marriage consumption expenditure. The cost of men's marriage is far greater than that of women. In love, the ratio of male and female consumption expenditure is roughly 7:3. According to the survey of Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Statistics, the average expenditure of men is 6.5438+0.642 million yuan, while that of women is 4.65438+0.2 million yuan, a difference of nearly 4 times. This difference is mainly reflected in housing expenditure. Generally speaking, the man bears the cost of the purchase and decoration of the wedding room, and the man spends nearly 1 10000 yuan more on the consumption of the wedding room than the woman.

The marriage cost of rural youth is mainly borne by the man, and the marriage cost of the woman is still very small, far lower than that of the man. Even in rural areas in many places, the marriage expenses of young people are not paid by the woman's family, but are all borne by the man's family; The so-called "dowry" is actually not bought by the woman, but is sent to the woman's home after the man buys it, and then sent back by the woman's home on the wedding day.

In recent years, the cost of marriage for young people has increased dramatically.

Some people have compared the marriage expenses of urban youth of different ages: before the 1970s, nearly 70% of urban residents' marriage expenses were below 1000 yuan, but in the 1970s, the marriage expenses rose slowly, of which 47.8% had exceeded 1000 yuan; In the 1980s, the number of people who spent more than 3,000 yuan began to increase, accounting for more than 55%. In the 1990s, the cost of marriage began to soar. 73% people spend more than 1000 yuan on marriage, and more than 30% spend more than 30,000 yuan. By the year 2000, more than 90% people are unwilling to spend more than 1 10,000 yuan, while about 60% people spend more than 30,000 yuan and about 10% people spend more than 6.5438+10,000 yuan. Judging from the unmarried people's expectation of marriage expenses, most of them are above 30,000 yuan, and the exchange rate of Japanese yen against RMB is expected to be above 10 yuan, accounting for more than 40%. It can be seen that in recent years, the expenditure on marriage expenses has accelerated and surged.