The ratio of single-parent families to the total number of households has increased and more mothers now play the role of breadwinner, according to tallies released yesterday by the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS).
Quoting the findings of the DGBAS survey of household income and expenditure in 2003, statisticians said many mothers are breadwinners.
According to the DGBAS report, there were 6.96 million households in 2003, 573,000 of which were single-parent families, or 8.2 percent of the total. The ratio marked a 1.2 percent rise from the 1997 level.
Among single-parent families, 52.8 percent were financially supported by mothers, compared to 47.2 percent supported by fathers.
In contrast, male breadwinners accounted for 78.8 percent of overall local households.
According to the survey, 22.7 percent of the breadwinners in single-parent families were college graduates or higher degree holders, falling 5 percent below the percentage for overall households.
Of the 573,000 single-parent families, 318,000 were financially supported by parents and the remaining 255,000 were supported by children.
Among parent-supported single-parent families, female breadwinners accounted for 72.1 percent, up 3.1 percent from the 1997 level. Meanwhile, 50.2 percent of breadwinners in this type of family had education level below junior-high school and their average monthly household income was NT$53,000, falling below the average income of overall households by NT$15,000.
Meanwhile, 169,000 single-parent families had children under 18 years of age, with 44,000 featuring male breadwinners, roughly same as the 1997 level. By comparison, the number of families with the mother as breadwinner increased 26,000 from the 1997 level. The average monthly household income was only NT$44,000.
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