Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/07
By: Chiu Po-sheng and Ko Lin 

Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) Nearly one third of Taiwanese fathers feel they are alienated from their children because they don’t spend enough time with them during the week, according to a yes123 online job bank survey released Tuesday.

The poll on the pressures facing working fathers and their career planning reveals that 14.8 percent do not even have dinner with their children, while 30.2 percent said the alienation has been caused by extended working hours and overtime.

Among those polled, 74.2 percent said they spend more than nine hours in the office a day, while 18.4 percent admitted that they practically spend no time with their children during a work week.

Meanwhile, the survey also found that 84.3 percent said their salary “was not enough” to cover their expenses, while 39.3 percent said they are the sole breadwinner in the family.    [FULL  STORY]