According to a Ministry of the Interior (MOI) survey made in 2000, almost 70 % of Taiwan's elderly think the ideal retirement life is to live with or close by their children. Only some 5.2 % favored living in a social welfare facility.
民國八十九年內政部所做的「老人狀況調查」顯示，將近七成的台灣老人認為理想的養老方式是與子女同住或隔鄰而居，願意選擇福利機構者僅有 5.2％。