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Demanding mothers-in-law and high work pressure have lifted the average age of "leftover men" in Shanghai to 31, according to a survey of a major wedding website.

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Leftover men refer to single men above the average age for marriage who are eager to marry and start a family. The term is similar to "leftover women," who are usually well-educated, single women over 27.

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The survey interviewed more than 56,000 men across the country, mainly single men born in the 1970s and 1980s with university degrees. Among them, 31 percent said they are leftover men. Different from other single men, most of the leftover men are very eager and even confident to find their other halves, but they struggle to say goodbye to their single life, the survey found. More than half of the respondents said they wouldn't want to be labeled a leftover man.

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The survey quoted census data showing a gender ratio imbalance among those at usual marrying ages. There were 136 males per 100 females among people born after the 1980s. Nearly 12 million men aged 30 to 39 are currently unmarried compared to 5.82 million women in the same age range, the survey said.

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(Source: myechinese.com)

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