A survey conducted by the Child Welfare League Foundation found that 61.4 percent of Taiwanese men aged 25-45 do not yet have children but would like to. However, the survey also shows that more than 50 percent of the fathers in that age group do not spend much time with their children.
The survey also found that 82.1 percent of fathers in that age group have never applied for unpaid parental leave due to financial pressure and worries over loss of promotion opportunities or disadvantageous changes in their position.
Interestingly, young men in Taiwan are more eager to have children than young women are; only 53.6 percent of women aged 20-29 want to have children.
友善讓你懂 │ 解說：
根據兒福聯盟的調查，年齡在25-45歲的年輕台灣男性，有超過6成想要生小孩。不過，調查也發現，這些男性中已經當爸爸的，有超過一半都沒有時間陪伴小孩成長，甚至錯過了孩子許多重要的人生時刻。
錯過的原因，是因為有超過八成的爸爸，從來沒有請過無薪育嬰假。他們一來擔心財務壓力，也擔心請長假會影響晉身機會，或是讓現有職位不保。
由此可見，照顧孩子的責任就很可能會全部落在女性身上，這也難怪調查顯示，年輕女性中有超過一半都不想有小孩。畢竟，女性同樣有財務壓力與升遷的企圖，不想讓生養小孩影響仕途。
因此，若要解決少子化的問題，落實性別平等會是最重要的基礎之一，也能讓孩子有一個雙親都能陪伴的童年。
輕鬆帶著走 │ 學習：
Survey這個字當「調查」用時，意思與poll民調類似，就是透過問問題蒐集資料，要進行一個調查，動詞可用conduct，例句：
We conducted a survey on the issue 我們在這個議題上進行一個意見民調。
調查「發現」則是用find，例句The survey found some interesting trends 這個調查發現了一些有趣的趨勢
survey也可以當動詞使用，但這時重音要放在第一個音節（名詞則是第二個音節）
例句：The magazine surveyed its readers. 這本雜誌對其讀者進行調查。
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