In Taiwan women's participation in the workforce has always been low (it was 39.13 % in 1978 and still only 49.62 % in 2009-well below the US rate of 60 %). But even if women stay out of the labor force for various family reasons-whether to care for their children or for their husband's parents-they have always worked hard.
台灣的勞動人口結構中，女性勞動參與率一向偏低（1978 年為 39.13 %，至 2009 年上升為 49.62 %，唯仍較美國約 60 % 為低）。