Nearly 60 percent of the nation's housewives are happy with their family lives, although 43 percent said they would not choose to lead the same life again, according to a survey released yesterday.
Housewives rated their "sense of happiness" with an average score of 78.4 points, with 60 percent giving an 80-point approval rating, according to the survey, which was conducted by the Taiwan Solidarity Union and Shih Hsin University.
Seven out of every 100 housewives said they had suffered domestic violence, with women aged 40-49 being the largest group at risk (9.7 percent of the total), and those living in central regions most likely to fall prey to violence at home (8.2 percent of the total), the survey found.
Twelve percent of housewives surveyed have no disposable income, but more than 52 percent said they have up to nearly NT$10,000 per month in spending money. At the same time, 53 percent said they work part-time to earn extra money.
According to a polling center official at Shih Hsin University, there are about 4.86 million housewives in Taiwan, with about 750,000 engaging in part-time work at home and 1.83 million holding a part-time job outside the home.
By age group, a larger number of women aged between 40 and 49 have a part-time job. While the highest percentage (22.5) of women working at home part-time live in central Taiwan, some 45 percent of women in the northern part of the country work outside the home part-time.
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