‘FAMILY FACTORS’: A foundation’s survey found that most respondents who left home in their adolescence cited problems at home as their reason for leaving

Taipei Times
Date: May 31, 2020
By: Dennis Xie / Staff writer, with CNA

The Child Welfare League Foundation said that teenagers made up about 92 percent of the missing minors cases it has dealt with over the past 10 years, with most of them having left home due to a conflict with their parents.

The foundation said in a news release that it has since 2010 handled 613 cases of missing children, of which 565 were aged 12 to 18.

Last year 5,677 teenagers were reported missing, of which 3,961, or about 70 percent, ran away from home, the foundation said, citing National Police Agency data.

The percentage of teenagers among cases of missing minors has grown significantly over the years, foundation member Hsu Ching-ling (許慶齡) said earlier this week.   [FULL  STORY]