It’s hard to say because there has been a complete change here. When I moved to Central American (in 1997), it was hard to find a single childless woman in their mid thirties. They had married or they have been single moms (out of desperation of not finding a man). A 26 y.o. woman was considered old in those days.Haven't wee seen the same trends in East Asia? Feminism is just an added toxin, but not necessary to suppress the fertility rate, marriage, and family formation - mass education, mass media (tv and movies), industrial capitalism in search of workers and consumers - all of these undoubtedly have impacted women's expectations of mates and of material comforts.
This has changed very quickly and I think it is because of American influence (mass media, Internet and Central American immigrants living in the United States).
Now, in 2013, I see lots of single women in their thirties with no children. I think they are the majority of girls of this age. I would say the percentage is about 50% in the girls who go to college (that is, middle class or high class women) vs about 30% of women who married and divorced so they are looking for a provider (alimony doesn’t exist here and child support is not very high). In the low earning classes, most women are single moms.
It’s hard to say, though. I wish I had statistics. I don’t recommend people coming to Central America to marry. It was true a decade ago but now things have changed.
Given Uhm Jung Hwa's career (especially some of her movie choices) and life choices up to this point, it seems unlikely she will marry, unless she accepts the proposal of some rich 60 yo man.
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