The Relevant Influence of Different Lifestyles and Resources Possession on the Adaptation of Female New Immigrant in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Wan-Fen Chen, 陳婉芬
• Other Authors: 陳秀蓉
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75790343071110359297

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 社會教育學系在職進修碩士班 === 97 === Abstract The study was aimed at probing the relevant influence of different lifestyles and possess resources on the daptation of female new immigrants who are now living in Taiwan and under cultures different from their own. This research was made by questionnaire. The sampling objects are female new immigrants living in Taoyuan county. 255 copies of the questionnaire were randomly sent and 215 returned. Of 97.2% returned copies, 209 were available for the research. The questionnaires contain personal data and data of relevant investigation of the different lifestyles of immigration female, resources possession and life adaptive scale. All data were respectively evaluated and analyzed with methods of descriptive statistics, t-test, One-way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlations and stepwise multiple regression analysis version SPSS12.0. The following is the report completed through this study. Our study finds different demographic backgrounds have significant differences in their lifestyles and their possessive resources including: 1.It is found Philippine nationality born immigrants have stronger similar feelings about the dietary habits than Indonesia. Having working experience also have stronger similar feelings about their dietary habits than those of without working experience. 2. under resources owning, the female new immigrants married to rich family have better economic resources than those married to low-income family. New female immigrants of none-working experience are obviously more optimistic than those of working experience.3. It is also found that immigrants who have working experience are more optimistic than those of no working experience ones and that those who deficit communicated ability with new language have better a economic resources than those having better communicated ability. The study also find nationality, educational background, working experience and communicated ability are main variables for adaptation of immigrants. Philippine nationality born immigrants obviously possess more abilities of adapting in Taiwanese society than those of Vietnamese. Those of junior high educational background immigrants also adapt to spouses’ families obviously better than those of senior high educational background. Besides, those of working experience are accustomed to Taiwan more easily than those without working experience, and those of speaking ability can keep themselves emotionally balanced obviously better than those without communicated ability. Finally we explored for female new immigrants in Taiwan, different family lives and integrating resources appear lowly related, but integrating resources and adaptation are fairly related. It is much more helpful to female new immigrants to adapt in Taiwan if they can make good use of social resources. Female new immigrants’ different lifestyles and their ability of integrating resources in Taiwan indicate about 50% of how well they can adapt in Taiwan. Based on the research results and the findings, there are some relevant suggestions I would like to make for our government authorities, private organizations and academic community in the hopes of not only setting up better policies, improving immigrants’ lives and then offering fine directions on relevant researches to be made in the future. For new female immigrants and their relatives also refers some concrete strategies to help them live more adaptation happily in Taiwan.