AppearanceandRealityofFertilityRatesforForeignSpousesinTaiwan.docVIP

Appearance and Reality of Fertility Rates for Foreign Spouses in Taiwan Ching-Li Yang, I-Chi Huang Hung-Jeng Tsai Abstract Along with increasing foreign spouses, the number of their children, so called “New Taiwanese Children”, moves up as well. Higher proportion of “New Taiwanese Children” initiates serious worry on how foreign spouses and their children will pull down average quality of Taiwanese population. Unfortunately, these worries have not been supported by sound evidence so far as we understand. In order to clarify public misunderstanding, this study intends to explore real situa