About 17 percent of people 60 or over in Taipei live in three-generation households, 5.8 percentage points lower than five years ago, data from the Taipei Department of Budget, Accounting and Statistics showed today.
The department today released the results of its survey conducted every five years on living conditions among the capital’s older residents.
It found that last year, 99 percent of residents aged 60 or over lived in ordinary residential housing.
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Among them, homeowners accounted for the largest share at 72.8 percent, followed by ownership by a family member at 17.2 percent.
The former was 5.4 percentage points lower than five years ago, while the latter increased by 3.5 percentage points.
Most live with their children or other family members, with 41.1 percent living in a dual-generational household.
Second were those living with a spouse or cohabitation partner at 24.7 percent, followed by three-generation households at 17 percent.
About 9.8 percent lived on their own, up by 3.5 percentage points from five years ago.
About 7.4 percent lived in four-generation households, or with a caregiver or other family member, up 1.6 percentage points from the last survey.
The number living in dual-generational households remained about the same, falling only 0.1 percentage points from five years ago.
The proportion living with a spouse or partner rose slightly from the last survey, up by 0.8 percentage points.
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