According to Chen Chao-nan, a research fellow in economics for the Academia Sinica, the number of old people living on their own in Taiwan has increased dramatically in recent years. Twenty years ago only one out of ten elderly in Taiwan lived on their own; but three years ago already one in three did.
中央研究院經濟所研究員陳肇男研究發現，近年台灣老人獨居的比例大幅增加，二十年前，每九個老人中，有一人獨居；但三年前，每三個老人就有一人獨居生活。