Japan: cohabitating experience of singles by gender 2021

In a survey conducted in June 2021, around 8.2 percent of unmarried women and 6.4 percent of single men in Japan have lived together with a romantic partner before. The share of singles with cohabitation experience has slowly increased over the past decades.

Share of not yet married men and women who have lived together with a romantic partner before in Japan from 1987 to 2021

Characteristic	Men	Women
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Release date

September 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

1987 to 2021

Number of respondents

4,086*

Age group

18-34 years

Special properties

share of never-married singles who have lived or currently live together with a romantic partner

Supplementary notes

*Sample numbers from previous survey editions are as follows:
1987: men=3,299; women=2,605
1992: men=4,215; women=3,647
1997: men=3,982; women=3,612
2002: men=3,897; women=3,494
2005: men=3,139; women=3,064
2010: men=3,667; women=3,406
2015: men=2,705; women=2,570
2021: men=2,033; women=2,053

Original question: "Have you ever lived with a romantic partner of the opposite sex without being married?"

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