With the passage of time, the wave of change also spread to cities. The expression "one’s (67) on marriage" began to appear, as did the concept of "marriage as one of life’s many (68) ." The (69) of men still unmarried in their thirties reached about twenty percent in the national (70) taken in 1985, and the (71) of a "hard-to-get-married era" began to be much talked about. The figure apparently (72) 30 percent in 1995. (73) , the highest rate of male singles in their thirties was (74) in Tokyo, including that the (75) number of unmarried men was no longer a (76) rural problem. What about women The proportion of unmarried women in the 25 - 29 age (77) bracket has been increasing (78) about 5 percent every five years (79) it is now nearly 50 percent. What are the real reasons women (80) not to marry Early on, two were cited: women are now better educated and more women are interested in working outside the home. A Ministry of Education survey (81) in 1989 found that 35.8 percent of male high school graduates (82) to college or university (including junior college) — less than the 36.8 percent for female graduates. This was the first time (83) the ministry started such surveys that women had (84) men in going (85) higher education. (86) , the proportion of women with jobs outside the home reached 49.5 percent in 1989.