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Populations are growth engine for the development of central and local government. Nowadays our country's the lowest fertility fate among OECD countries is very important national issue. The purpose of this study was to investigate the collegians' attitude on marriage and fertility in Gyeongju.
271 collegian's questionnaires in Gyeongju area were analyzed. The results of the study are as followed : (1) Collegians' attitude on marriage and fertility are influenced by the family personalities. (2) 71.6'% of collegian were positive about marriage, but female was less positive than male was. (3) Only 52% of collegian said that they have to bear children, and female (m=1.55) was less positive than male(m=1.35) was. The first cause for being positive are 'the interests on bring up children'. and the first cause for being negative was 'only couple is good'. (4) They said that the best government policy to increase the fertility rate is to lighten the burden for child rearing expense.