Statistics on Taiwan's manpower resources published by the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting & Statistics in February 1990 show that 60.57 % of Taiwan's married women do not have a job. That accounts for about 3.024 million people, a not inconsiderable number in a country the size of Taiwan.
而根據民國七十九年二月主計處對台灣地區「人力資源統計月報」，顯示已婚婦女有百分之六十．五七沒有工作，在台灣這樣的人數約有三百零二萬四千人，數目不可謂不大。