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DigitalChosun (click for the whole article)[/url]]Six out of 10 working Korean women quit their jobs when they get married, and half of working mothers eventually decide to stay at home after having their first child, a nationwide survey suggests. The survey of 3,082 married women aged between 20 and 44 was conducted by the Health and Welfare Ministry and the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, who also asked 2,670 single men and women what they thought about tying the knot.

Among those who gave up their career for marriage and children, some 69 percent said they wanted to work again but could not. Some 33.6 percent said their children were still too young to take care of themselves, 25.3 percent that it was difficult to both work and raise children, and 23.7 percent cited their failure to find a suitable job.