The number of low-income households in Taiwan hit a record high in the third quarter, with the individual members of such households accounting for 1.08 percent of the total population, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) said yesterday.According to the MOI survey, the number of low-income households in the third quarter stood at 102,759, compared to 90,525 in the same period in 2008 and almost double the number 10 years ago when there were only 58,310.
The figure represented 249,834 people, or 1.08 percent of the country's population of 23 million, an increase of 32,434 people compared to the previous year, the MOI said. A decade ago, the number of individuals in low-income households in Taiwan was 136,691, it added.
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