About half of all elderly people use the Internet, nearly double the number from 2017, while fewer say that society disrespects them, a Ministry of Health and Welfare survey showed.
The government conducts a survey of people aged 55 or older every five years to keep track of demographics, living standards, health, employment, civil engagement and planning.
The ministry recently released the results of its 2022 survey online, finding that people aged 65 or older are generally more satisfied with their lives than they were five years ago.
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In the 2022 survey, 86.78 percent of respondents said they were “satisfied” or “very satisfied,” 2.8 percentage points higher than in 2017.
Among those aged 55 to 64, 88.96 percent said they were satisfied, an increase of 4.12 percentage points.
Apart from showing that the population is indeed aging, the biggest difference in this year’s survey was in Internet use, Department of Statistics Director Lee Mei-ling (李美鈴) told reporters via telephone yesterday.
About 87.83 percent of people aged 55 to 64 said they had used the Internet in the previous three months, up from 65.66 percent in 2017.
Among those aged 65 or older, usage jumped from 26.52 percent to 50.36 percent.
Frequency of use also increased, with 43.12 percent of those aged 65 or older saying they use the Internet “daily or nearly every day,” 23.72 percentage points higher than five years earlier.
Also of note were respondents’ opinions about societal attitudes toward them, Lee said.
About 14.41 percent of those aged 65 or older said that society “highly disrespects” or “disrespects” elderly people, down 5.03 percentage points from five years earlier.
The figure was 23.94 percent among those aged 55 to 64, a drop of 1.95 percentage points.
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