A 2006 DGBAS survey revealed that there were 75,000 Taiwanese (or 1.36 % of the potential workforce) who wanted to work but had never held a job or had limited work experience and had given up looking for a job.
在 2006 年，主計處首度調查「怯志工作者」（指沒有工作或自認本身資歷限制而放棄找工作，但其實心裡想工作者）人數，結果發現怯志人口數為 7 萬 5 千人，占潛在勞動比例 1.36％。