Two of Taiwan's three privately run public elementary schools are located in Ilan County. In order to transfer their kids into one of these alternative schools, many families have opted to become "semi-single-parent families." Many mothers move with their children from Taipei, Keelung, Taichung, or even Changhua to have their children study in Ilan, leaving Dad alone back in the city to make money.
全台 3 所公辦民營國小中，兩所位於宜蘭，而為了進入另類國小，許多家庭甘於變成「假性單親」，由媽媽帶著孩子自台北、基隆、台中，甚至彰化來到宜蘭就學，獨留爸爸在都市裡賺錢打拚。