本研究目的為探討不同族群的生活習慣差異情形與健康情形的差異形為何？本研究以高屏地區原住民、閩南、客家、外省四族群共計592位為研究對象。研究工具為中高齡族群生活型態問卷。以SPSS 13.0版統計軟體進行描述統計、卡方獨立性檢定等資料處理。顯著水準訂為α=.05。結果發現：1.不同文化族群的吸煙情形差異未達顯著水準。各族群均有2成5的吸煙人數比例。2.原住民族群的喝酒與吃檳榔比例均較其他族群高。3.原住民不挑食的比例較高，外省族群吃素食的比例較高。4.四族群都會吃健康食品，而客家族群有吃健康食品的比例較高。5.四族群有參與運動的比例均較高，而客家族群有參與室內運動的比例較高，閩南族群則是無參與運動的比例較高。6.四族群感受睡眠品質尚可以上的比例均較高，而閩南族群則是有失眠情形的比例較高，客家族群則認為睡眠情形很累的比例較高。7.在有生病的比例是以原住民族群較高，其他三族群則沒有生病的比例較高。8.客家族群認為健康情形很好的比例最高，閩南族群則認為健康情形不好的比例較高。9.不同文化族群的用藥情形差異未達顯著水準。

The purpose of this study was to explore the differences between the daily habits and health status among different cultural groups. In this study, a total of 592 valid subjects from four ethnic groups as indigenous people, Taiwanese, Hakka, mainlander around Kaohsiung City and Pingtung County. The elderly lifestyle questionnaire was adopted as the research tool of this research. Using SPSS13.0 statistic software, a descriptive statistics and chi-square test of independence were applied to analyze the collected data. The level of significance was set at α=.05. The results were as follows: 1. There were no statistically significance for smoking status among different cultural groups. Various ethnic groups have 25% smokers. 2. The aborigines have higher proportion of drinking and eating betel than those of other ethnic groups. 3. The aborigines have higher proportion of being not picky eaters, and other ethnic groups have higher proportion as vegetarian. 4. Four ethnic groups would eat healthy food, but Hakka people have higher proportion of eating healthy food. 5. Hakka people have higher proportion in participating in indoor sports, while the Taiwanese ethnic group has higher proportion of being not taking exercise. 6. The Taiwanese ethnic groups has higher proportion of being insomnia. 7. The indigenous people has higher proportion of being illness than those of other ethnic groups. 8. Hakka people has higher proportion of perceived healthy, while the Taiwanese ethnic group perceived a higher proportion of bad health situation. 9. There were no significant differences among different cultural groups in taking medicine.