A 520 (online Valentine's Day) dating activity held in Shaoxing, East China's Zhejiang province, May 20, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

Nearly 70 percent of youngsters are not willing to compromise when it comes to choosing their spouses, and the main reason of staying single is their narrow social circle and lack of initiative, China Youth Daily reported Monday.

According to a report on contemporary youth's marriage viewpoint released by China Communist Youth League's network media center and love and marriage service committee of "Your Voices Our responsibilities", nearly 70 percent of youngsters "prefer waiting rather than compromising". Narrow social circle, busy work schedule, and lack of initiative are three main reasons behind staying single.

The most important factors they value are "health" and "work ability". Meanwhile, "education qualification", "regional differences", "family background", "income level" are paid less attention by youngsters. Contemporary youngsters choose their spouses in a more diversified way and focus more on "inherent compatibility" instead of the traditional concept of "a marriage between families of equal social rank".

The report indicates that 50 percent of youngsters think the biggest pressure comes from their families urging them to marry when they are single, while social discussion and self-pressure are the second and the third respectively. If the ideal marriage partners do not come along, more women choose to wait than men.

In terms of love, more than 70 percent of men take the initiative of pursuing their love interest compared to just 30 percent women. Men give more importance to the institution of marriage than women, with half of them claiming marriage provides security. 68 percent of men think it is essential to get married in order to have a satisfactory life, while only 49 percent of women think so. Among those, 36 percent of female youngsters say they are happy to stay single, which is two times more than male youngsters.

When it comes to children, the traditional view is still the mainstream. "The two-child policy" is popular among youngsters. The report indicates that most youngsters take the traditional family mode - couple and their children living together - as the most highly anticipated one. Only 6 percent of youngsters choose to be DINK (dual income, no kids) families. Nearly 60 percent of youngsters hope to have two children, and 59 percent want to give birth in two years after getting married.

According to the report, youngsters have a low recognition of online love affair, online dating sites, and dating apps. 73 percent of them prefer to make friends through sororities launched by their companies, the League or social institutes. 11 percent of youngsters choose dating apps, 6 percent choose online dating sites, and only 2 percent choose television dating programs. 75 percent of youngsters support the social events held by the League.

The report was designed to distribute investigation questionnaires in different regions and working sectors. Eventually 3,082 valid questionnaires were sent out. Youngsters' viewpoints of love and marriage were analyzed in six aspects, including views of spouse choosing, love, marriage, giving birth, ethics, and the marriage service activities launched by the League.

In the report, there were also several specific policies and suggestions aiming to servicing youngsters' marriage issue, such as developing more social events, counseling for their psychological pressure, helping them establish a correct viewpoint of marriage, strengthening the efforts to popularize sex education, improving online dating services' credibility, and creating a healthy online dating environment.