According to statistics from the Child Welfare Bureau, there are currently almost 60,000 certified nannies in Taiwan, but research conducted by National Taipei College of Nursing in 2006 revealed that only 40 % of nannies in employment were certified, and only a total of some 13,800 were even willing to sign on with the community network.
根據內政部兒童局統計，目前我國的證照保母約近 6 萬名，但台北護理學院副教授段慧瑩 2006 年發表的「我國證照保母托育服務概況研究」卻顯示，實際在職的證照保母僅約 4 成，願意加入社區系統列管的保母更少，僅有一萬三千八百多名。