According to a 2006 study on social development trends in Taiwan by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, 254,000 of Taiwan's 5.19 million married couples were childless. These include 10,000 over the age of 60, and 21,000 in their fifties.
主計處「95 年台灣地區社會發展趨勢調查」顯示，全國 519 萬對同住夫妻中，無生養子女的夫妻約有 25.4 萬對，其中 60 歲以上無子女者有一萬對，50 ~ 59 歲無子女者有 2.1 萬對。