According to statistics of the Ministry of the Interior, at the end of 1988, most of the 3196 children taken in by 39 public and private orphanages were children of single parents consigned for temporary care.
從內政部社會司截至七十七年底的統計，就可看端倪。在我國公私立卅九所育幼院所收的三一九六人，多數是單親家庭暫時寄養的孩子，真正的「孤兒」並不多見。