臺灣日治時期新竹地區之送養事件分析
Out-adoption among Children in Colonial Taiwan: The Evidence in Xinzhu

研究論文 Research Article

李俊豪
Chun-Hao Li

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收養孩童風俗盛行於日治時期的臺灣漢人社會。藉由分析《臺灣日治時期戶口調查簿（1906–1945）》資料庫之資料，研究者探討新竹地區孩童送養現象。數據資料首先顯示，送養的女童人數明顯多於男童，且多非常年幼。重要地，孩童的手足組成或結構影響著孩童的送養風險。研究者認為，送養行為係為家戶存續策略的一環，也是一種家戶的理性行動或計畫行為。家戶決策者為維持家戶的存續，在其男嗣傳承的傳宗接代目標得以達成的情況下，送養部分家戶中之合適孩童。因此，相較於男童，女童的送養機率會較高。長子女的送養風險遠低於後出生序的孩童。

Adoption was prevalent in colonial Taiwan. Drawing data from the Taiwan Historical Household Registers Database (1906–1945), the researcher investi-gates the factors associated with the likelihood of out-adoption among children in Xinzhu. In addition to finding that girls were more likely to be adopted out than boys, and that most adoptions occurred at a young age, the statistical results show that sibling composition was important. Giving up a first-born boy or girl for adoption was rare. Consequently, the researcher argues that giving up specific children for adoption could be a planned household action that was one of the family survival strategies to overcome family difficulties. Offering children up for adoption would not occur until family continuity was ensured.

日治時期, 出（送）養, 家戶經濟, 家戶組成, 手足狀況
Colonial Taiwan, out-adoption, household economy, household composition, sibling composition

歷史學, 社會學
History, Sociology

10.53106/1018189X202201101

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