The same survey also showed that this skewed distribution of student origins reflected socioeconomic status: among NTU students 'fathers, 27.9 % were civil servants and 49.6 % were mid- to upper-level white-collar businesspeople, while only 6.9 % were blue-collar workers (compared to 60 % of the working population nationwide) and a mere 1.6 % were farmers (compared to 5 % nationwide).
同一份調查還顯示，台大學生分佈之所以如此極端，其實是社經條件的篩選結果：台大學生的父親有 27.9 % 是公務員、49.6 % 是企業界的中高白領階級；父親是勞工的只有 6.9 %（全國就業人口中，勞工比例約 60％）、是農民的更只有 1.6 %（全國農民比例約 5％）。