Female workers are reluctant to have babies unless their household income reaches NT$74,965
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/05/08
By: Huang Tzu-ti, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan’s female workers will not consider entering marriage if
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their prospective husbands earn less than NT$51,872 (US$1,730) and will not be willing to have babies unless their household income reaches NT$74,965 (US$2,501) at minimum, according to the latest survey by 1111 Job Bank.
In addition, as many as 76 percent of married women reported having had quarrels with their spouses over financial issues, indicating the importance of household income and expenditure in a nuptial relationship.
Asked about the reasonable monthly salary for “mothers,” if to be paid, female respondents expected an amount of NT$53,031 (US$1,769) on average, NT$3,042 (US$101.5) higher than the 2017 figure of monthly income released by the government’s Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, standing at NT$49,989 (US$1,668), reported CNA. [FULL STORY]
