行政院國家科學委員會補助專題研究計畫成果報告期中進度報告:澳洲台灣移民第二代的就業適應與回流之研究(I)

In the last two decades, Taiwan-born immigrants in Australia increased in large numbers since the early 1 980s and reached a peak in 1991, forming a econd wave? of Chinese migrants after the China-born and Hong Kong-born. The recent Census of 2001 recorded 22,418 Taiwan-born migrants. With census data and research by the authors in the past six years as background, this study explores the experience and adaptation of young first generation migrants who moved with their parents as part of the Business Migration Program. Although many migrants stated ducation for children? and ife style? as their major reasons for moving, the experience and adaptation of the children as associational movers were seldom studied. In this research, their values, attitude, behavior, educational experience and interaction with parents are probed into. Their adaptation process and self-identity presumably differ from their parents? who find it difficult to engage in gainful employment after immigration.
Triangulation method is used for this research. In the first year, Census data provides clues to building a questionnaire which was pre-tested in July, 2003, and administered to 77 young migrants in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth in January 2004. In the second stage of research, a qualitative approach would be used by using in-depth interviews and focus group research of both young first generation migrants who stayed in Australia or have returned to Taiwan. Snow-ball sampling method would be used based on the network which was developed over the last six years of fieldwork. The questions being asked are in the areas of 1) process of migration, 2) education in Australia, 3) self identity, 4) work and 5) personal data.
As the young first generation constitutes a good part of the elite population who emigrated overseas, it would be important to assess their needs and future contributions to both Taiwan and Australia. Government policies geared towards migrants need to include both young and old generations of migrants as well as those who returned.