A Study on the Application of Geospatial Analysis to the Assessment of Infant Nursery Service Resources and Potential Needers

Abstract

Under the circumstance of low birth rate, Taiwan's public childcare is seriously insufficient, coupled with the high cost of private childcare, and private childcare is also concentrated in some districts, resulting in uneven distribution of childcare centers. This study uses the concept of spatial proximity and the geographically weighted regression of influencing factors to explore the current situation of spatial proximity of daycare institutions in Taipei City with limited data. The evaluation results serve as a reference for other counties and cities to implement relevant policies. The results of the study found that the distribution of childcare service bases in Taipei City is uneven, whether it is the services provided by the public sector or private services. For example, the uneven distribution of numbers, in addition to the uneven distribution of numbers in the administrative districts, there are two childcare institutions set up in a single district of some administrative districts, so there are also obvious differences in the distribution of bases at the village level. Or the geographical distribution is relatively concentrated. Judging from the distribution map of childcare institutions, the bases of childcare institutions are obviously concentrated in urban areas with convenient transportation, and there may be no strongholds in mountainous areas due to the influence of terrain. If you look at a single administrative region, the distribution of the strongholds is not very evenly dispersed, but relatively concentrated in a few. Therefore, we will review the current bases and the possibility of adding new ones.