Socioeconomic Advance in the Republic of China (Taiwan): An Intertemporal Analysis of Its Quality of Life Indicators

The significance of economic development in the Republic of China on Taiwan cannot be adequately recognized without a concomitant assessment of the social changes that have taken place over the last 30 years. The concept of social indicators as measures of such changes is explored and their applicab...

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Published in:The American journal of economics and sociology 1984-10, Vol.43 (4), p.399-412
Main Authors: Charles H. C. Kao, Liu, Ben-chieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Developed countries
Development sociology
Economic conditions
Economic development
Economic growth
Economic indices
Energy consumption
Gross national product
Housing
Income distribution
Quality of life
Social change
Social indicators
Social research
Socioeconomic factors
Sociology
Sociology of economy and development
Taiwan
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Summary:The significance of economic development in the Republic of China on Taiwan cannot be adequately recognized without a concomitant assessment of the social changes that have taken place over the last 30 years. The concept of social indicators as measures of such changes is explored and their applicability to the island determined. Levels of the quality of life from different periods are studied and their advances analyzed. Taiwan's levels are compared with those of developed countries and of the People's Republic of China (Mainland China). Taiwan's show evidence of remarkable progress. The impacts of energy developments and of the recession's deterioration of foreign trade have threatened the rate as well as the absolute level of this progress.
ISSN:0002-9246
1536-7150
DOI:10.1111/j.1536-7150.1984.tb01864.x