Unexpected was the fact that children very much hoped to live with their elderly parents and conform to the traditional model of filial piety in this regard, while the image they had for themselves in old age was rather untraditional. Future plans for almost half of them tended toward living with their spouses only or living alone (43.9 %), and they also stressed economic independence (44.4 %).
令人意外的是，希望和老年父母同住、合乎傳統孝道規範的奉養方式，仍為為人子女者所偏好；反倒是他們對自己年老後的家庭圖像，展現出較高的非傳統態度，將近半數人的未來規劃傾向於僅與配偶同住或獨居（43.9 %），並強調經濟獨立（44.4 %）。