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A Comprehensive Analysis of Youth Non-Marriage—Taking City Huzhou as an Example

Authors
Zhengyu Yang1, *
1Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, 999078, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 1220006246@student.must.edu.mo
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Zhengyu Yang
Available Online 26 February 2026.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-541-6_113How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Divorce Rate; Marriage Rate; Huzhou; Non-Marriage; Youth
Abstract

This paper focuses on the trend of decreasing marriage rate among young people in Huzhou, a representative city in the Yangtze River Delta region of China. Faced with the national trend of delaying marriage and non-marriage, this research adopts a mixed approach, qualitative analysis of official statistics and quantitative analysis of social media data, to explore the drivers and accelerators of this emerging trend and phenomenon. In this study, economic factors, unique socio-cultural factors, traditional, high divorce rate and other factors play an important role in the comprehensive study of marriage of the youth in Huzhou; these factors force to reframe marriage from an option rather than a necessity. The research concludes that youth non-marriage in Huzhou is not only an individual and personal choice but also a complex paradox, which offers us a multidimension perspective towards the modern marriage. From different perspectives of economy, culture, etc. the article tries to find a microcosm to explore the social transformation in urban China, modern Zhejiang province and Wu-Yue culture area.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2025 5th International Conference on Culture, Design and Social Development (CDSD 2025)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
26 February 2026
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978-2-38476-541-6
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-541-6_113How to use a DOI?
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© 2026 The Author(s)
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