The trend among Chinese people in recent years has been to delay marriage in favor of experiencing sex at an earlier age, something especially true for those born after 1995, who on average have sex beginning at the age of 17.71, according to a recent survey, reported the Global Times.
The survey results issued on Sunday by the marriage service provider baihe.com and the Institute of Social Science Surveys at Peking University showed that 63.29 percent of male respondents and 83.07 percent of female respondents chose to marry later than what the government defines as a late marriage age.
The Chinese government sets the late marriage age at 23 for women and 25 for men.
According to the survey, among 74,000 respondents surveyed all over China, most people married between the ages of 22 and 28. This was especially true in big cities.
In the Tibet Autonomous Region, the average marriage age was over 32, which is the oldest average age among all those who answered the survey.
Young people were revealed to be significantly more sexually active, with the average age of most respondents who were born after 1995 being 12.67 when asked when they had their first date. This is seven years younger than their counterparts who were born before 1985.
The average age of the youngest generation's first sexual experience was also especially young at 17.71, two years younger than the average for those who were born after 1990, according to the results of the survey.
The survey also reported that married Chinese couples are becoming discontented with their marriages earlier than couples in other Asian countries, with the marriage itch hitting them at three to five years rather than seven years. This often results in divorce.