The Ministry of Education plans to hold its first survey on youth living conditions next year, with the final report in 2028 expected to serve as an important basis for future policymaking, the ministry said in a written report to the Legislative Yuan.
As Article 27 of the Youth Basic Act (青年基本法), passed in December last year, stipulates that the government must publish statistics on young people every four years, the ministry said it would accordingly hold its inaugural national survey on youth living conditions.
While the government conducts surveys on the living conditions of children, adolescents and seniors, it lacks comprehensive and systematic nationwide data on young people as a whole, defined in the act as those aged 18 to 35, it said.
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There is a need to establish a monitoring system to better understand this group’s actual circumstances in education, employment, housing, finances, mental health and civic participation, the ministry said.
The youth survey would be modeled after existing surveys on children, adolescents and seniors, which typically take about two years from planning to releasing the final report, it said.
The ministry said it is to devise the survey from January to July next year, conduct preparatory work and train interviewees from August to September, and hold a pilot survey in October, before holding the official survey from November to December, collecting at least 2,000 responses.
The data would then be reviewed, analyzed and compiled, with the final report scheduled to be completed between September and December 2028, it added.
Youth policy should be based on evidence and research, the ministry said, adding that systematic surveys could provide a clearer understanding of young people’s needs and challenges, serving as an important reference for developing public policies.
Young people are the basis of the nation’s future development and drive social innovation and sustainable transformation, the ministry said.
As the population declines, labor structures shift and technology develops, the youth survey would have staying power as a reference tool, it said.
By conducting the survey every four years, the government would assess whether policies address the needs of young people and help build a better environment for them to develop, it added.
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