The Study on Employment and Its Attributes of Indigenous People in Lai-Yi Area

The characteristics of each working area are found as following: The younger people prefer to work in the middle area, while older people prefer to stay in the local area. The people who work in the northern area often care about their salary, while southern workers care more about the management of their native family. The job categories offered by Lai-yi Country and Pingtung County are various.

As a whole, local people consider the employment leaving their home country as negative. The proportion of sightseeing is the highest among the appropriate business in aboriginal areas, but it differs from the categories of villages. That is, “the Second Flatland Village” and “ the Third Mountain Village” tend to promote sightseeing, because spots for sightseeing are attributed among “ the Second Northern Village” (the Second Flatland Village and the Second Mountain Village”.

However, “the Third Southern Village” has more mango planting. If we compare “the business that people are willing to engage in with “the appropriate business in aboriginal areas”, we can find they are quite different. “The appropriate business” is to promote “sightseeing” (about 61.4, the most). However, among the business that people are willing to engage in, sightseeing is only 10.0%.

Among the 20 attributes which affect aborigines’ employment now, there are inner ones and 11 outer ones. The induction of foreign labors, which belongs to outer attribute, has the most agreement (4.03 points). The annual ceremony, which belongs to inner attribute, has the least agreement (3.07 points).

Moreover, the education degree, the change of economy situation, and the resource of native country are ranged the second (3.75 points). By analyzing elements, the attributes of aborigines’ employment situation can be classified into five elements, named as “resource element”, “individual condition element”, “communication element”, and “economy change element”. Finally, the study offers the suggestions to ameliorate aborigines’ employment situation according to the five elements.