In Taiwan in the 1980s, the government strongly advocated the Confucian ideal of "three generations living under one roof," hoping that the family would thereby perform its function of providing for the aged. In recent years, the problem of people having fewer and fewer children has worsened, and some have called on their compatriots to "have more children for the good of the country."
反觀我國，一九八○年代，政府也曾大力鼓吹「三代同堂」，期盼家庭能夠善盡「養老」的功能；近年「少子化」問題日益嚴重，「增產報國」的呼聲又起。