Factors associated with the utilization of Social Welfare Services by the Elderly in Taiwan.

• Main Authors: Tzeng, Lien-hong, 曾蓮紅
• Other Authors: Yang, Ming-Chung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/91164074882770034000

碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 應用統計學研究所 === 93 === Lagged birthrate and longer life expectancy has brought about a considerable growth of the elderly population in this country. Data from the Department of Interior Affair indicated that approximately 8.9 percent of the total population pertains to the aged. This demographic change is having a significant impact on the nation’s major health and social service systems. An increasing number of services have been in place to respond and meet the increasing needs of the elderly. When services are in place, it is plausible to examine the current status of elders’ use of health and social services and its related factors. To do so is to safeguard a situation where the population targeted by the services is well served. The purpose of the study was to examine the use of free health check-up and transportation fares discounts for the elders and its associated factors. Data for this study was from the National Survey of Living Conditions of the Elderly in Taiwan. The methods of analyses used included Descriptive Statistics, Canonical correlation, Factor analysis, Cluster analysis, and Chi-square Automatic Interaction Detection（CHAID）. The result indicated that the factors significantly associated with free health check-up and transportation fares discounts included age, sex, education, race, living arrangement, activities of daily living, perceived need for health care, perceived need for leisure and recreational activities. Implications for services delivery and policies were also drawn.