Yu points out that families of this type typically have low socio-economic backgrounds and low levels of education, so that in most cases the grandparents can provide little more than the essentials of food, clothing and shelter.
尤清梅表示，這類家庭本就有低社經地位、低教育程度的傾向，因此多數阿公阿嬤僅能提供孩子溫飽，有些家境困窘的阿公阿嬤，還得出去賺錢養活孩子。