These results showed that traditional family values were facing a severe challenge. As for the reasons behind all this, "Family changes cannot be insulated from societal changes. They are the side effects of industrialization, globalization, feminism, and the spread of education as well as democracy and pluralism," says Professor Lin Wan-i of National Taiwan University's Department of Social Work.
究其原因，「家庭變遷無法自外於社會變遷，它是工業化、全球化、女性主義、教育普及，以及政治民主、社會多元的附帶效果，」台大社工系教授林萬億指出，這是歷史事實，無關道德淪喪。