The Quality of Life in Taiwan

　
　　Author(s): Grace Yao, Yen-Pi Cheng and Chiao-Pi Cheng

　　Source: Social Indicators Research, Vol. 92, No. 2, The Quality of Life in Confucian Asia: From Physical Welfare to Subjective Well-Being (Jun., 2009), pp. 377-404

　　Abstract: The Asia Barometer survey of 1,006 respondents shows that in Taiwan, people have access to modern utilities and digital media, signs of materialistic achievement, and yet are more concerned with physical security and financial safety than with personal growth. Regardless of their demographic backgrounds and value priorities, the Taiwanese, like other Confucian publics, are most satisfied with the interpersonal life sphere and least satisfied with the public life sphere. Their satisfaction levels concerning various life domains affect their sense of well-being more than does their prioritization of values. Assessments of material and nonmaterial life domains contribute to their sense of well being more than those of interpersonal and public domains do. Access to modern utilities and a high income, however, detract from their sense of well-being. As is the case else where, a better set of objective life circumstance does not necessarily make for a greater quality of life in Taiwan. The government, therefore, should seek to provide more than economic goods and services.

　　Keywords: Asia Barometer survey; Taiwan Quality of life

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