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[Graphic News] Fewer families have meals together

By Korea Herald

Published : Jan. 19, 2015 - 21:47

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Fewer Koreans are having meals with their families, according to government data.

Less than 50 percent of 7,000 Koreans surveyed last year said they had breakfast with their family members.

The number has been declining since 2005, from 62.9 percent to 53.7 percent in 2010, and to 46.1 percent last year.

Meanwhile, only 64.1 percent of the surveyed Koreans said they had dinner with their families.

In 2005, 76 percent of Koreans were reported to be eating dinner with their families.

The growing number of single-person households in Korea is one of the reasons behind the decline, the government said.