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Single men in Korea outnumber single women by 19.6 percent: Report (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Since the 1970s, the sex ratio at birth in Korea has exceeded the natural ratio — 104 to 107 boys for every 100 girls.

The short explanation

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It would need to be at least 120:100 right

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand you...

If 80 out of 100 women are in a relationship, we can assume that 80 out of 104 men are in a relationship.

Therefore, 20 women are single, and 24 men are single. In this example, there are 20% more single men than single women.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

:O I'm very stupid!

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