Social Inclusion in Taiwan: A Preliminary Subjective Investigation under the Framework of Social Quality
Lih_Rong Wang
Social Policy Research Center, National Taiwan University
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This paper intends to provide a preliminary effort to measure about social inclusion in Taiwan through the framework of social quality. The basic concept of social inclusion under the framework of social quality has been pointed out.

The research works on social inclusion variables by factor analysis and tests the correlation between dependent and independent variables in seven multivariate regression models from a comprehensive social quality survey. Across all models, this research suggests social inclusion are weak in Taiwan. In addition, education, democratic satisfaction, and the level of group participation are the most important variables affecting an individual’s subjective feelings about social inclusion. Several equation models provide concrete factor analysis of affecting factors on different domains of social inclusion, such as social network, and social service, and citizenship.

Although it is the study about social inclusion, this paper provides a supplemental effort to link subjective and objective studied on social quality. The aim of this research is to find out what is the missing link in social quality research.

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