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As for type of cases, there had been a total of 149,000 cases of domestic violence reported in 2021, with "spouse, former spouse, or cohabitating partner" being the type in majority at 47.1%, while "Children and Youths Protection" came to 16.4%, "Elderly Protection" 6.6%. Over
the years, the majority of the cases has been attributed mostly to "spouse, former spouse or cohabitating partner". (As shown in Fig. 2-13) With regards to the handling of domestic violence, refer to Sections 2 and 3 under Chapter 2 of Part 11.
Figure 2-13 Domestic Violence Reported Cases by Type and Year 圖2-13
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Spouse, former spouse, or cohabitating partner Elder protection Children and youths protection Others
10.4 11.5 13.1 11.5 11.7 11.8 11.9 12.0 12.8 14.2 14.9 10,000 cases
17.9 3.1
16.4 19.6
24.7 23.5
24.9 25.7 26.7
28.4 28.3 29.9
5.4 6.0
6.6
16.4
2011
2012 2013
2014 2015
2016 2017 2018
17.7
16.4
2021 Year
3.1
2.8
2.9 5.1
24.7
27.2
31.0
54.4
53.2
46.6
53.1
53.1
55.3
54.7
54.2
49.8
47.9
47.1
19.3 18.3
6.0 13.8
6.3 13.3
6.5 12.7
Source : Department of Statistics, MOHW, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Note : In order to clearly define the scope of domestic violence, the number of notifications since 2014 did not include
"strangers" and "family members other than fourth degree of kinship."
▏Section 4
Economic Security of Children and Youths
To improve economic security of children and youths, county and city governments provide living subsidies (livelihood assistance) to children from low-income families and livelihood assistance to children and youths from vulnerable families. In the last decade, the living allowance for children of low income families and for children and adolescents in disadvantaged families increased from NTD 4.73 billion in 2011 to NTD 6.64 billion in 2012, then, affected by the yearly reduction in the number of children and adolescents, reduced to NTD 5.14 billion in 2021. (Figures 2-14, 2-15).
Due to the low birth rate, the population of children and youths has been decreasing. At the end of 2021, the number of people aged younger than 18 years old was 3,518,000 in 2021 and 951,000 less than in 2011, indicating a 21.3% decrease over the 10-year period. In terms of gender, both male and female newborns fell 21.5% and 21.0% lower compared to the end of 2011 respectively.
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