According to a statistical analysis conducted by the MOI, several factors are contributing to falling birthrates: fewer women are getting married; women's attitudes to having children are changing; late marriages are becoming increasingly common; people are changing how much value they place on marriage, family and raising children; childcare resources and support networks are inadequate; and the cost of bringing up children is becoming excessive.
根據內政部分析，生育率低迷不振的原因，不外育齡婦女的有偶率降低，生育態度轉變，晚婚日趨普遍，對婚姻、家庭與養育子女價值觀的改變，育兒資源和支持性環境不足，養育子女成本太高等，以上因素往往互為表裡，環環相扣。